Catalina Astengo's Journey and Polyglot Environment at Nav

In this episode of Elixir Wizards, Catalina Astengo, a Staff Software Engineer at Nav Inc, discusses her transition from a process engineer in a mine in southern Utah to a software engineer in Salt Lake City. Catalina shares insights into her professional background, what prompted her career change, and her experiences while learning Ruby. She elaborates on the polyglot nature of Nav’s tech stack, which includes Elixir, Ruby, Go, and JavaScript, and how the team manages the use of multiple languages. Additional topics include Nav's team roles, context switching between languages, GNPC and Protobuf usage, and reflections on the Elixir Conf 2020.