I recently had the pleasure of sitting down for an interview with Petros Amoiridis to discuss my professional background and career path, and how I ended up being such a huge fan of the Elixir programming language.

Topics covered in the video:

• Early computing experiences
• Education and professional background
• Automating Research & Development work with Python and Machine Learning
• Why I didn’t pursue a PhD in Applied Machine Learning
• Managing product development processes after my MBA
• My brief solopreneurship/consultancy, and how writing an article contributed to my next professional move
• Switching to Product Management
• Returning to Greece
• Automating a small family business’ processes with Python
• Getting frustrated with Python package dependencies
• Giving Elixir a go, and immediate impressions
• What I like about Elixir after 3+ years
• Current projects in Elixir, and open-source libraries
• Elixir and Phoenix as way more than a “one-person framework”
• Petros’ initiative with the Greece |> Elixir community
• My advice for learning Elixir

Our discussion was in Greek, but YouTube’s automatic subtitle translation seems to be doing an OK job.