This Developer's Life

3.0.1 Cancer

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:00:00 PST

Mo and Scott share their thoughts and struggle in this cancer diary they started the day after Mo was diagnosed.

2.0.9 Drama

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:00:00 PDT

Where does drama come from? How do we react to it? How much drama can be created by simple semicolon? This week we explore The Great Semicolon Affair.

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2.0.8 Learn

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:00:00 PDT

How many empty brain cells do you have in your head? How capable are you of learning something completely new, and retaining what you already know? Scott and Rob talk to two developers this week who flex their ability to learn to both have fun, and succeed at their career.

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2.0.7 Dinosaurs

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:00:00 PST

You're so old! What a dinosaur! You're using old software and old languages to do old things! Or are you? Scott and Rob talk to David Sokol, Sean Bamforth and Pete Brown about Fortran, DataFlex and the Commodore 64.

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2.0.6 Play

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:00:00 PST

What do you do when you're not staring at your computer screen? What obsession grips you as you drive home? In this episode we ask David Heinemeier Hansson and Pete Brown this very question.

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2.0.5 Typo

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:00:00 PDT

Who cares about typefaces and why should you? Well, these guys do and you should start caring. Rob and Scott explore the world of reading online with one of the godfathers in the world of typeface and fonts.

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2.0.4 Taste

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:00:00 PDT

Scott and Rob talk to two techie folks about style and taste - how do you get it? Are you born with it? Does it matter anyway?

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2.0.3 Education

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:00:00 PDT

Scott and Rob talk to two developers about the role education has played in their careers

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2.0.2 Pressure

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:00:00 PDT

Scott and Rob talk to a team of Top Gun developers - the StackOverflow gang - about the day their database died.

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2.0.1 Criticism

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:00:00 PDT

In this episode we talk to three developers about criticism - some they've given and some they've received. In addition we talk to a very vocal critic of this podcast.

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1.1.5 Revolt

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:17:29 PDT

In this special episode we explore the Egyptian revolution. We talk to Remon Zakaria about his experience writing software for a day job and overthrowing the government at night. Big thanks to Ahmed Remy and Reem Ahmed for their help.

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1.1.4 Obsession

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:00:00 PST

Rob Sullivan talks about his obsessiveness and how it helps him, and hinders him in his job. Rory Blythe and Scott then talk openly about Rory's compulsion to keep learning - which he has embraced completely.

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1.1.3 Competition

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:00:00 PST

In this episode we talk to competitors who are also programmers. Or, programmers who also compete. Are coders pre-wired for this? Jon Skeet, David Fowler, Aaron Jensen and Danielle Banks share their stories.

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1.1.2 Drive

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:00:00 PST

In this episode Scott and Rob talk to 4 entrepreneurs about the risks they take, and what's happened as a result. Dave Nielsen, Tom Preston-Werner, and Nate and Niki Kohari.

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1.1.1 Scars

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:00:00 PST

In this episode Scott and Rob talk to Chad Myers, Chad Fowler, and Doug Rohrer about the scars they've received from dead end projects they've been on. In addition - Sara Chipps contributes her first story for us - interviewing Scott Reynolds.

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1.1.0 Disconnecting

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:00:00 PST

This week it's just Scott and me - Scott gets to go off to Disneyland with his wife and 2 boys, and I get to hang out with my girls for a week as their mom goes on a retreat in California.

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1.0.9 Management

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:00:00 PST

In this episode Scott and I talk to technical folks who have moved on up to Management - and what it means to them

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1.0.8 Motivation

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:00:00 PST

In this episode Scott and I talk to 2 people with fairly different stories, about what motivates them

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1.0.7 Audacity

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:00:00 PDT

In this episode Scott and I talk to 3 developers who have pulled off some pretty audacious maneuvers.

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1.0.6 Abstraction

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:00:00 PDT

In this episode Scott and I discuss "what you need to know as a software developer". How many layers of abstraction do you need to understand? How many geek trading cards should you have in your collection? To find out more, we talked to 3 prominent, living-history developers.

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1.0.5 Homerun

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:00:00 PDT

In this episode Scott and I talk to two developers who created something phenomenal: they hit a Homerun if you will.

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1.0.4 Being Mean

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:00:00 PDT

In this episode I’m joined once again by Scott Hanselman and we explore the idea of “being mean” - and what makes people mean in our industry.

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1.0.3 Problems

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:00:00 PDT

How do you solve problems as a developer? How do you tackle issues that seem completely unsolvable - as an individual or on a team?

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1.0.2 Fame and Notoriety

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 PDT

In this episode I talk to 2 developers about the fame and how it relates to their career as developers

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1.0.1 Getting Fired

Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:00:00 PDT

This is the very first episode of a little experiment of mine - telling stories about development following in the footsteps of my favorite podcast: This American Life

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