Learn Systems, Not Languages with Jessica Kerr

In this episode, developer and symmathecist, Jessica Kerr talks about how the beauty of being on a team means that you don't need to know everything as an individual, that you too can become an expert by declaring your intention to be an expert on a thing and then going and doing said thing, the importance of designing programming languages to make them easier for humans to use, the concept of symmathesy, and how getting better at learning is appreciating feeling stupid and appreciating being wrong in order to become ultimately wiser.

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