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ThePrimeagen
Programmer & Educator
ThePrimeagen appears on the Lex Fridman Podcast across artificial intelligence, programming, geopolitics. Lex describes ThePrimeagen as programmer & educator.
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2025
1 appearance

Lex Fridman Podcast / March 22, 2025 / Episode #461
ThePrimeagen: Programming, AI, ADHD, Productivity, Addiction, and God
ThePrimeagen (aka Michael Paulson) is a programmer who has educated, entertained, and inspired millions of people to build software and have fun doing it. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep461-sc See below for timestamps, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.
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The following is a conversation with Michael Paulson, better known online as ThePrimeagen. He is a programmer who has entertained and inspired millions of people to have fun building stuff with software, whether you're a newbie or a seasoned developer who has been battling it out in the software engineering trenches for decades. In short, ThePrimeagen is a legendary programmer and a great human being with an inspiring roller coaster of a life story. This is the Lex Fridman Podcast. To support it, please check out our sponsors in the description. And now, dear friends, here's ThePrimeagen.
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ThePrimeagen
Programmer & Educator
ThePrimeagen appears on the Lex Fridman Podcast across artificial intelligence, programming, geopolitics. Lex describes ThePrimeagen as programmer & educator.
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March 22, 2025 to March 22, 2025
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