scale.bythebay.io: Rebecca Ely Interview

my name is Ellie I'm a software engineer my name is Ellie I'm a software engineer on the spark and no sequel platform team on the spark and no sequel platform team at Bloomberg well Bloomberg is a fin at Bloomberg well Bloomberg is a fin tech company and we actually own and tech company and we actually own and process more financial data than any process more financial data than any other organization in the world and so other organization in the world and so scale is a really big issue at Bloomberg scale is a really big issue at Bloomberg where technologies like spark can have a where technologies like spark can have a big impact we also as a company our big impact we also as a company our clients rely on us for accurate clients rely on us for accurate information and accurate information information and accurate information that comes extremely fast so speed and that comes extremely fast so speed and accuracy as well I came to Bloomberg a accuracy as well I came to Bloomberg a year and a half ago knowing only Python year and a half ago knowing only Python and JavaScript and so Scala and and JavaScript and so Scala and functional programming were my entry functional programming were my entry into this world of deeper more strongly into this world of deeper more strongly typed languages and I have really loved typed languages and I have really loved it because it's amazing to spend so much it because it's amazing to spend so much less time debugging having the compiler less time debugging having the compiler and the IDE doing that work for me has and the IDE doing that work for me has really been excellent what else can I really been excellent what else can I say on that I I found that the say on that I I found that the functional programming paradigm synced functional programming paradigm synced really nicely with how my brain works really nicely with how my brain works and how I actually like to think about and how I actually like to think about programming and so I've actually found programming and so I've actually found it much easier to program since I it much easier to program since I started thinking about it functional started thinking about it functional I came last year and had such a blast I came last year and had such a blast that I knew I had to come back again that I knew I had to come back again this year what I really got out of the this year what I really got out of the conference last year it was a great conference last year it was a great learning opportunity for me I was only learning opportunity for me I was only about seven months into programming about seven months into programming Scala at that point but what I really Scala at that point but what I really got out of last year that has endured got out of last year that has endured and been such a boon to me in the year and been such a boon to me in the year since is all of the connections that I since is all of the connections that I made at this conference and having made at this conference and having really built up a strong community for really built up a strong community for myself around Scala and around the work myself around Scala and around the work that I do that I do [Music]