The Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs Podcast (aka ADSP: The Podcast) is an informal podcast inspired by Magic Read Along. We plan to talk about whatever we feel like - algorithms, data structures, programming languages, latest news in tech and more. Feel free to follow us on Twitter at @adspthepodcast.
Episode 283: From 0 Programming to NVIDIA in < 3.5 Years
In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat with Marco Salgado about his journey from no programming experience to NVIDIA in < 3.5 years.
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- ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter
- Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio
- Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twitter
About the Guest:
Marco is a software engineer at NVIDIA, where he works on improving the nvCOMP library, which offers fast GPU implementations of multiple data compression formats. For the past couple of months he has been working on a GPU implementation of the rotate algorithm.
Show Notes
Date Recorded: 2026-04-23
Date Released: 2026-04-24
- ADSP Episode 237: Thrust with Jared Hoberock
- NVIDIA CCCL
- NVIDIA nvCOMP
- NVIDIA Nsight Systems
- NVIDIA Nsight Compute
- C++TO Meetup: Parrot - Array GPU Programming
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Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic
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