279: Top Pedant

Patrick Yeon (@patyeon) spoke with us about nonprofit spaceships then asked our opinions about embedded software.

Pat is working for something something nonprofit space something something. To fill in some of the blanks, apply for a job on NonprofitSpaceship.org.

Pat was previously on episode 153: Space Nerf Gun when we talked about cost-optimized satellites.

We talked about several books:

• Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet

• Managers Path: Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier

• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides

• Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra

Elecia’s command code is on github.