This Developer's Life
By Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman
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Podcast Description
Bringing a human slant to the tech industry
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2.0.7 Dinosaurs | 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. Download Here | 1/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2.0.6 Play | 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. Download Here | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2.0.5 Typo | 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. Download Here | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2.0.4 Taste | 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? Download Here | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2.0.3 Education | Scott and Rob talk to two developers about the role education has played in their careers Download Here | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2.0.2 Pressure | Scott and Rob talk to a team of Top Gun developers - the StackOverflow gang - about the day their database died. Download Here | 5/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2.0.1 Criticism | 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. Download Here | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.1.5 Revolt | 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. Download Here | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.1.4 Obsession | 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. Download Here | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.1.3 Competition | 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. Download Here | 2/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.1.2 Drive | 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. Download Here | 1/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.1.1 Scars | 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. Download Here | 1/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.1.0 Disconnecting | 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. Download Here | 12/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.0.9 Management | In this episode Scott and I talk to technical folks who have moved on up to Management - and what it means to them Download Here | 12/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.0.8 Motivation | In this episode Scott and I talk to 2 people with fairly different stories, about what motivates them Download Here | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.0.7 Audacity | In this episode Scott and I talk to 3 developers who have pulled off some pretty audacious maneuvers. Download Here | 11/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.0.6 Abstraction | 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. Download Here | 10/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.0.5 Homerun | In this episode Scott and I talk to two developers who created something phenomenal: they hit a Homerun if you will. Download Here | 10/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.0.4 Being Mean | 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. Download Here | 10/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.0.3 Problems | How do you solve problems as a developer? How do you tackle issues that seem completely unsolvable - as an individual or on a team? Download Here | 9/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.0.2 Fame and Notoriety | In this episode I talk to 2 developers about the fame and how it relates to their career as developers Download Here | 9/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1.0.1 Getting Fired | 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 Download Here | 8/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 22 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Interesting, for awhile. Kinda boring now with awful music
Usually interesting and relevant developer topics, but often lacks conciseness and drags on for longer than it needs to. Usually the hour long show could be distilled to 30-40 minutes of solid content, but there seems to be quite an infatuation with overly long and jarring musical interludes. Admittedly, not everyone has the same taste in music, but the selections are especially bad - a cheap imitation of TAL without really getting the point that TAL's musical selections enhance the stories rather than just playing random songs from someone's jogging playlist. Figured with interesting topics the format might get better with time and experience, but it hasn't really. Interesting occasionally, but got bored with it. Overall I'd give it a "meh".
I really love this podcast.
So many times I've been sitting around a table with other developers as we regale each other with our stories, and someone says, "If we had recorded this, it would have been such a great podcast episode." Rob has done exactly that. Each week's show has several parts, all based on a central theme (just like "This American Life"), and the discussions feel so natural - like you're overhearing a fascinating lunch conversation between really interesting developers. The stories are great, the musical selections are great, and the production values are pretty darn good compared to most other .NET tech podcasts. I hope Rob finds the time to keep this up!
Great Podcast
Great stories about situations and experiences every developer, programmer, engineer goes through, and views on what motivates noteworthy programmers to do what they do.
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