Kristen Shaker joins Timur and Phil. Kristen talks to us about her C++ on Sea keynote about the C++ interview process, her previous work at Google, and why she has made a slightly unusual career change.

Show Notes News * libc++ removed the base template for std::char_traits * "how to break or continue from a lambda loop?" - Vittoria Romeo * Results from the 2025 Annual C++ Developer Survey "Lite" (pdf)

Links * C++ on Sea schedule (with Kristen and Timur's keynotes) * BrontoSource * "What Can We Learn From the Results of C++ Community Surveys?" - Anastasia Kazakova * "Sorting Resumes" - Joel Spolsky (introducing the idea of filtering) * "How to Build Your First C++ Automated Refactoring Tool" - Kristen's CppCon 2023 talk