# Software Engineering, DevOps and Gaming with Shawn Dutill - #9 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899/software-engineering-devops-and-gaming-with-shawn-dutill-9 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899/software-engineering-devops-and-gaming-with-shawn-dutill-9.md Podcast: [The Aspiring STEM Geek](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899) Published: 2025-05-06T12:13:12+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/adrian-doli/episodes/Software-Engineering--DevOps-and-Gaming-with-Shawn-Dutill---9-e32f05q Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/f81a1bb8/podcast/play/102252154/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-4-6%2F399701878-44100-2-355cdad37643.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899/episodes/software-engineering-devops-and-gaming-with-shawn-dutill-9 Duration seconds: 8404 ## Resource In this episode I talk with Shawn Dutill who is a Systems Engineer and a programmer. In the episode we talk about how we navigated community college, how we were introduced to programming, meeting at a computer science club at Temple University, dealing with work stressors, DevOps, virtualization, video games and much more. I hope you enjoy! INTRO/OUTRO SONG: Big Stepper by BigXthaPlug CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay PODCAST:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpiHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8 |-Video Chapters-|0:00 - Intro0:58 - Adrian talks about teaching2:07 - Creating long form YouTube tutorials6:15 - Probably the most useful thing Adrian will teach: "CTRL + F"7:22 - Windows shortcuts & transitioning full time to Linux10:20 - Video games Shawn played growing up11:57 - League of Legends (LoL)15:12 - Single-player video games19:00 - Old school programmers22:22 - Programming classes at University27:19 - Trying to learn C++ by modeling financial derivatives30:06 - Working a HVAC job in Philadelphia31:45 - Adrian's Community College experiences34:40 - Don't buy a purple Camaro...36:46 - Why Adrian started learning to program41:56 - Shawn's learning about lower level programming43:40 - Spacewar! The first video game on a computer44:25 - Abstractions in the electronic & physical wor… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899/episodes/software-engineering-devops-and-gaming-with-shawn-dutill-9/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899/software-engineering-devops-and-gaming-with-shawn-dutill-9.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.