#4 The Journey of Merlin Göttlinger

Merlin got into Computer Science because computers told him that he should study Computer Science. During his Bachelor and Master studies, he worked for many different companies in different fields using various programming languages. His drive towards optimization brought him to functional programming and eventually got him into working on a PhD thesis in Theoretical Computer Science.

He organize Emacs User Group Meetup in Erlangen, Germany.

https://m-x-erlangen.gitlab.io/

 

01:05 - The hobby of Merlin

02:20 - How he got into Computer Science

03:35 - The beginning of his passion for programming

04:08 - The obstacles and challenges that Merlin has faced

07:30 - How he got into Functional Programming

08:30 - His first job using Scala

09:56 - The advantage of working in different companies during studies

11:15 - The progress on learning Functional Programming and in his career

17:10 - His journey that brought him to Theoretical Computer Science major

21:27 - The current project he's working on

25:25 - The direction and the opportunities that Merlin considers to take in the future

26:50 - The Emacs meetup and his participation in meetups

34:00 - Advice and his learning experience