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[261.44 --> 262.72] Okay, here we go.
[262.72 --> 266.04] Welcome back, everyone, to go time.
[266.58 --> 269.52] I am Carmen Ondo and Matt is out this week,
[269.60 --> 272.06] so I will be your host for the journey.
[272.94 --> 275.36] Joining me today is our recurring panelist,
[275.54 --> 276.58] Ashley McNamara.
[277.16 --> 278.30] Say hello, Ashley.
[278.76 --> 279.82] Hello, everyone.
[280.46 --> 283.26] We have a returning guest, John Calhoun,
[283.26 --> 288.40] who is the content founder for gophersizes.com,
[288.48 --> 292.26] but also use goling.com, testwithgo.com,
[292.72 --> 293.94] errorsandgo.com.
[294.64 --> 296.40] And so I'm excited to have you on, John.
[296.50 --> 296.98] Say hi.
[297.24 --> 297.68] Hi, everybody.
[298.08 --> 300.32] And now we have a new panel,
[300.44 --> 301.04] or new guest,
[301.36 --> 302.80] and it's Dave Valentine,
[303.28 --> 305.52] and he's the instructor of Udemy's
[305.52 --> 308.42] A Gentle Introduction to GoLang for Beginners.
[309.12 --> 310.20] Welcome to our show.
[310.60 --> 311.54] Thank you so much.
[311.58 --> 313.28] It's a pleasure to be here for the first time.
[313.68 --> 314.58] Speaking of beginnings,
[314.80 --> 318.40] when we asked Dave to show up on the show
[318.40 --> 319.70] and give a profile pic,
[319.70 --> 323.04] he submitted one of him as like a toddler
[323.04 --> 327.20] with a TSR-80 Model 1 circa 1980.
[327.96 --> 331.36] So I think that's probably like when you began.
[331.72 --> 332.24] Absolutely.
[332.60 --> 333.78] And Carmen, I have to say,
[333.88 --> 335.02] I was chuckling when you're like,
[335.10 --> 337.00] what computer is that?
[337.00 --> 339.72] But yes, yes,
[339.72 --> 343.02] I got a start in the microcomputer generation world.
[343.16 --> 345.26] So I started with a TSR-80
[345.26 --> 347.98] and then moved over to a PC junior
[347.98 --> 353.26] and then continued on through microcomputers
[353.26 --> 356.42] and programming way back at that time.
[356.52 --> 358.10] So I've had an early start on things.
[358.54 --> 359.10] Wow.
[359.66 --> 360.50] That is hard.
[360.86 --> 361.94] That is hardcore nerd.
[362.22 --> 362.44] Yeah.
[362.82 --> 364.74] Total nostalgia ahoy,
[364.74 --> 366.00] I'm sure for many people.
[366.20 --> 368.04] Certainly you can share what you started
[368.04 --> 368.98] with your beginning,
[369.52 --> 372.14] your first computer in the GoTime FM channel
[372.14 --> 373.10] on GoForSlack.
[373.32 --> 373.68] Okay.
[373.76 --> 376.60] So let's talk a little bit about today's theme.
[377.16 --> 379.30] This is GoLang for beginners.
[380.14 --> 382.72] I had originally envisioned this episode
[382.72 --> 383.88] to engage,
[384.08 --> 386.66] to be meant to engage for both non-Go users
[386.66 --> 390.04] that listen to maybe sister podcasts on ChangeLab
[390.04 --> 393.28] or any Go curious programmers out there,
[394.00 --> 396.14] as well as encourage those
[396.14 --> 397.68] that have just started with Go
[397.68 --> 400.20] and want to level up beyond the basics.
[400.62 --> 403.04] So I'm hoping that maybe we can start
[403.04 --> 405.72] and just kind of see where the conversation takes us.
[405.78 --> 409.74] We have three wonderful experts online today
[409.74 --> 411.80] and see what their perspectives
[411.80 --> 412.86] and their experiences
[412.86 --> 414.18] and how they've shared content
[414.18 --> 415.80] to help Gophers worldwide.
[415.80 --> 416.24] Okay.
[416.96 --> 418.02] So I guess the first thing
[418.02 --> 420.24] I wanted to start with is ask,
[420.78 --> 422.04] what is a beginner?
[422.46 --> 424.80] Like what types of beginners are there?
[425.22 --> 425.52] Anyone?
[426.46 --> 427.64] Good question.
[428.64 --> 429.92] So there are beginners
[429.92 --> 432.30] that know one programming language
[432.30 --> 433.42] that want to learn another.
[433.76 --> 436.24] There are people that are career transitioning
[436.24 --> 438.98] that don't know any programming.
[439.36 --> 441.08] There's all kinds of beginners.
[441.68 --> 442.04] Yeah.
[442.16 --> 442.48] I was going to say,
[442.54 --> 444.04] there's even the curious kids
[444.04 --> 445.50] who don't know what they're doing
[445.50 --> 447.06] and like to break their parents' technology,
[447.42 --> 449.40] which is probably some of us.
[449.62 --> 449.90] Yeah.
[450.12 --> 451.02] Those are my favorites.
[451.48 --> 451.68] Yeah.
[452.12 --> 452.52] Absolutely.
[452.68 --> 453.54] I've experienced that
[453.54 --> 454.92] with one of the courses
[454.92 --> 456.32] that I've published
[456.32 --> 457.92] that one of the kids was,