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Adaptability, Google, and MCP with Jonathan Amsterdam

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In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Bill Kennedy interviews Jonathan Amsterdam from the Go team at Google about his journey from academia and finance to software engineering, his work on Go and API design, and the importance of adaptability, community, and building impactful software.

00:00 Introduction

00:30 What is Jonathan Doing Today?

02:00 First Memories of a Computer

09:30 Entering University

14:00 Early Coding / Academics

20:50 Interest in AI / ML

27:00 Career Beginnings

33:00 Transitioning to Java and Teaching

41:00 Distributed Software

45:00 Ambitions / Finding Stability

55:00 Experiences at Google

1:07:20 Joining the Go Team

1:17:00 Go and MCP

1:24:00 API Design and Philosophy

1:30:20 Contact Info

Connect with Jonathan:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-amsterdam-b901b21/

Mentioned in this Episode:

Go-sdk: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk

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