Interview with Trisha Gee at GOTO Chicago 2015
Interview with Trisha Gee at GOTO Chicago 2015
The Interviewer
Mike Hall
Interviewer, community organizer at UGtastic
The Guest
Trisha Gee
Java Champion, Author, and Developer Advocate
The Conversation
Mike Hall
Interviewer, community organizer at UGtastic
I'm sitting here with Trisha Gee. You've written '97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know'. You do a lot of developer advocacy, especially in the Java world. Welcome.
Trisha Gee
Java Champion, Author, and Developer Advocate
Thanks, Mike. It's great to be here.
Mike Hall
Interviewer, community organizer at UGtastic
Java has been around forever. How do you keep it exciting for developers who have been doing it for years?
Trisha Gee
Java Champion, Author, and Developer Advocate
It's all about the ecosystem. Java isn't just the language anymore. It's the JVM, it's the massive library support, and it's how it's evolving with things like lambdas and modern concurrency. My job is showing people that the 'old reliable' toolset has become a modern, highly productive environment.
Mike Hall
Interviewer, community organizer at UGtastic
What do you think is the biggest hurdle for Java developers today?
Trisha Gee
Java Champion, Author, and Developer Advocate
Complacency. It's easy to stick to the Java 5/6 way of doing things. But the industry is moving so fast—if you aren't looking at functional paradigms, modern tooling, and faster release cycles, you're going to get left behind.
Mike Hall
Interviewer, community organizer at UGtastic
Thanks Trisha.
Trisha Gee
Java Champion, Author, and Developer Advocate
Thank you.
Critical Insights
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"The Java ecosystem's longevity is sustained not just by the language, but by the massive leverage of the JVM and its library ecosystem."
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"Developer complacency is the greatest threat to a long-tenured developer's career; constant engagement with new paradigms like functional programming is necessary."