Shota Gvinepadze: Computer Science, Mattermost, Education, Vitsi.ai | archill podcast #6

Shota’s a mastermind behind Computer Science And Mathematics school at Free University of Tbilisi. Associated dean for about 8 years now. Lecturer and one of the most enthusiastic educators I’ve ever met. An outstanding software engineer and technology geek. Founder of startup Vitsi.ai, which aims to revolutionise the whole process of learning.

OUTLINE:
00:00 Intro
01:01 First Programming Language
02:35 Software Architecture and Design
05:42 When To Care About Scalability?
08:55 Software Development Process
13:31 Working At Mattermost
17:03 How Open Source Platforms Operate?
22:07 Benefits Of Open Source For The Company?
25:25 Becoming Dean Of Computer Science School
27:40 What Does Dean Do?
28:32 Motivation Behind Staying At University
30:02 Software Engineering VS Computer Science
32:39 Do We Need CS Degree To Become Software Engineers?
34:12 Computer Science State Of Art
37:14 Programming Paradigms, OOP, Decomposition
44:37 How University Education Works, Pros and Cons
51:54 Problems With Universities
57:00 Learning How To Learn
58:58 How Vitsi.ai Works?
01:04:33 How To Learn New Things?
01:05:58 Problems Vitsi.ai Solves
01:08:43 Content Creation In Vitsi.ai
01:10:47 Current State Of Vitsi.ai
01:13:40 Outro


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