The ability to learn on the job has been a critical skill for David Beale throughout his career. Is the job market not allowing that anymore?

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Featuring:

• David Beale – Website, GitHub, X
• Justin Garrison – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Autumn Nash – GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

Interview

• LinkedIn post about David learning COBOL

Links of the week

• Underwater datacenters


• Nuclear datacenters

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!