From Diplomacy to OTP: Mackenzie Morgan's Path to Erlang and Elixir

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Professor Adolfo Neto

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I am Adolfo Neto, a professor at UTFPR Curitiba. In this podcast, I interview professionals from the field of computing and related areas. My goal is to better understand how they became interested in their current profession, what their daily lives are like, and what their motivations, difficulties, and challenges are.

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From Diplomacy to OTP: Mackenzie Morgan's Path to Erlang and Elixir

Professor Adolfo Neto

1 hour 5 minutes 43 seconds

1 month ago

From Diplomacy to OTP: Mackenzie Morgan's Path to Erlang and Elixir

In this episode of Elixir in Focus, part of the SE4FP 2025 warm-up series, host Adolfo Neto welcomes Mackenzie Morgan, a senior backend engineer at Level All. Mackenzie shares her journey into technology, which began with a focus on Japanese and International Affairs at university. She recounts how the "siren song of the computer lab" and a scheduling conflict between an algorithms class and a Japanese class ultimately led her to a computer science degree — a path she had already begun exploring through her contributions to the Ubuntu project as an undergraduate.

Mackenzie describes herself like this:

“I'm a programmer who writes Elixir and Erlang. Former Ubuntu developer. I enjoy languages, Argentine tango (especially queer tango!), historic costuming, and photography. Washington Spirit & USWNT fan ⚽.”

Website: https://wandering.shop/@maco

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