This Developer's Life

Life is long. A series of chapters as you move from one scene to the next. Childhood, becoming a young adult, possibly a parent at some point, and more. But how much more? We talk to two people who are well into their later chapters. Scott talks to Lawrence Lockhart about reinventing yourself well into midlife. Rob talks to his mom, who, in her early 80s, was far from her final chapter. Lawrence Lockhart * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencelockhart/] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lawrencedcodes/] * TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@lawrencedlockhart] Music * Whipping the Horse's Eyes [https://open.spotify.com/track/3XTHhAKPzYOWq6YDJ5Tvlq] - Calexico * Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man), [https://open.spotify.com/track/58YQv37StqKeoRTYf1pX1K] Instrumental - Love and Rockets * Spy Always Dies Alone [https://pixabay.com/users/23117649-23117649/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=93740], 23117649 * Oleksandr Stepanov [https://pixabay.com/users/penguinmusic-24940186/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=12641] * Yrii Semchyshyn [https://pixabay.com/users/coma-media-24399569/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=21275] * NiN, Ghosts [https://www.nin.com/music/ghosts/]

How does our Faith drive us? Do you have Faith in yourself and your abilities, and how do you know you're on the right path? In this episode of This Developer's Life we offer you two stories. Rob has packed up his family and is travelling the world. He talks about his Faith in his children, recorded in a small town in Greece. Then we talk to Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, aka Sammus, about her crisus of Faith. She's juggling getting a PhD from Cornell while her side career as a musician is starting to take off. Which path is the right path? * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - Mae Jemison * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - No Hands * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - The Father * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - 1080p * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - Pity Party * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - Success * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - Power Ups * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - Cybernetic Armor

Big thanks from both my wife and myself for the outpouring of support after our Cancer announcement [http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Cancer.aspx]. Last year was a long year and the Cancer part of the year was particularly long. We were very private about the whole thing and waited to tell anyone until we knew we were mostly OK. However, to my surprise, the day of the diagnosis my wife, who has never shown much interested in podcasting announced "I want to record an audio Cancer Diary. Can you do that?" So we did. We honestly didn't know if we were going to publish this when we started but after a month of editing late into the night, we are. This episode of This Developer's Life takes a half year of our lives and many, many hours of audio and turns it into a single hour show that Mo and I are happy to share it with you today. I hope you enjoy the show and that you and yours are, and remain, healthy. Music The music tracks this week are used under Creative Commons. Please check out our friends on SoundCloud. * Xinbi [https://soundcloud.com/xinbi/elysian-rain] - Elysian Rain * Ian Redfield Music [https://soundcloud.com/irmproductions/thoughtful-violin] - Thoughtful Violin (2010) * Yogi Music [https://soundcloud.com/yogimusic/loung-house-sample?in=scott-hanselman/sets/tdl-c] - Stuff * Lunova Labs [https://soundcloud.com/lunova/la-vie-ft-olivia-lee?in=scott-hanselman/sets/tdl-c] - La Vie * Jéan-Paul D. Jackson [https://soundcloud.com/jeanpauljackson/mimi] - Mimi * SlightWhiteRabbit [https://soundcloud.com/slightlywhiterabbit/relax-1] - Relax1 * Seven Lions [https://soundcloud.com/owslaofficial/seven-lions-days-to-come] - Days to Come * itsjakez [https://soundcloud.com/itsjakez/cancer] - Cancer

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. * Patrick Cauldwell [https://twitter.com/pcauldwell] Liberal Arts Major and Author of Code Leader * Zach Johnson [http://zachjohnson.net/] 17-year old home-school kid who has an internship building rockets at Microsoft Music The music tracks this week are either Creative Commons from Magnatune or 30 - 60 seconds snips used as Fair Use. Most of the music for the show was from a single artist: Aluminum Forest. An amazing album worth your time - go check it out. * Aluminum Forest [http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/aluminum-forest/id484869650] - Aluminum Forest * Nine Inch Nails [http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home] - Ghosts * Daft Punk [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tron-legacy-reconfigured/id426251101] - TRON: Legacy Reconfigured Photo This week's evocative photo is from Flickr and is used under Creative Commons. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnbullas/5042846972/]

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. * David Heinemeier Hansson [http://loudthinking.com/] Creator of Rails and budding Racer X * Pete Brown [http://10rem.net/] Senior Project Manager, Microsoft and budding Thomas Edison Music The music tracks this week are a combination of Fair Use, Royalty-free, and Mashups. As with most of our mashups I won't link the source but you can find them on any video serving site. * Ladytron [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ace-of-hz-tiesto-remix/id409295421?i=409295424] - Ace of Hz - DJ Tiesto Remix * Nine Inch Nails [http://remix.nin.com/] - Various Remixes of Deep and Perfect Drug * Jerry Berlongieri [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/known-bugs/id336056870?i=336057131] - Known Bugs * Karftwerk [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pocket-calculator/id40555789?i=40555793] - Pocket Calculator * DJs From Mars [http://www.myspace.com/djsfrommars] - Enter Telephone

What is taste? What is style? Do you have it? Scott and Rob have no idea what it is or how to get it - but they know it's important. In this show they talk to a designer who flexes his good taste for a living - and a developer who is committed to spreading good taste where he can. * Michael Bach [http://www.michaeldorian.com/] Designer at Microsoft * Geoffrey Grosenbach [http://blog.peepcode.com/] Owner/Founder of PeepCode Music The music tracks this week are a combination of Fair Use, Royalty-free, and Mashups. As with most of our mashups I won't link the source but you can find them on any video serving site. * Jeff Buckley [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hallelujah/id260371382?i=260371497] - Halleluja * Hymn [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hymn/id336091367?i=336091949] - Hymn * Nine Inch Nails [http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home] - Ghosts * Jag [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/my-momma-told-me/id257906470?i=257906662] - My Momma Told Me * Low and Spring Heel Jack [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vmi9EqF5nE] - Hand So Small

Scott and Rob talk to a group of Top Gun developers: the StackOverflow team, about the day their database melted - and how the team responded. * Geoff Dalgas [https://twitter.com/superdalgas] - developer on StackOverflow * Sam Saffron [https://twitter.com/samsaffron] - developer and data geek at StackOverflow * Jeff Atwood [http://codinghorror.com/] ,Mr. CodingHorror and co-founder of StackOverflow Music The music tracks this week are a combination of Fair Use, Royalty-free, and Mashups. As with most of our mashups I won't link the source but you can find them on any video serving site. * Beastie Boys [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sabotage/id16581147?i=16580831/] - Sabotage * Nine Inch Nails [http://ghosts.nin.com/] - Ghosts VI * Star Garden [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rutile/id257926716?i=257928054] - Rutile * Calexico [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/whipping-the-horses-eyes/id14944368?i=14944361] - Whipping the Horse's Eyes * Rildrim [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/linber/id399882981?i=399883232] - Linber

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. We recorded hours and hours of content to bring you this show. We wish we could have used everyone's story - there were so many. * Remon Zakaria [http://dashsoft.com/] works at DashSoft, a software consultancy in downtown Cairo specializing in turnkey solutions for offshore companies. Music The music this week, aside from the very last song, is from a single composer: Jami Sieber (Lush Mechanique) [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-darkening-ground/id80069641?i=80069637]. If you've listened to this show for any significant amount of time - you know that music is a big part of it. This week is no exception: Jami's music is evocative, wonderful, compelling and simply a joy to listen to. Go download these things. All of them. They're wonderful. The final track is a song from Ramy Essam [http://www.npr.org/2011/03/15/134538629/ramy-esam-the-singer-of-the-egyptian-revolution] - an Egyptian folk musician who became the "Singer of the Revolution" and led the masses in Tahrir Square in song. The track we ended with is a remix of his famous song, found on YouTube. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=107hC7cXxTM]

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. * Jon Skeet [http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon_skeet/Default.aspx] shares how he stays at the top of the Stack Overflow points pile * David Fowler [https://weblogs.asp.net/davidfowler/] talks about TopCode and flying to DisneyWorld to watch coders code * Aaron Jensen [https://twitter.com/aaronjensen] quits his job to play poker professionally * Daniele R. Banks [https://twitter.com/rara718] is just getting started but is already building competing robots Music We featured some remixes this week from Nine Inch Nails which is issued under Creative Commons. The band allows you to download their tracks, remix, them, and then load them back to their site for common consumption. If you like the following tracks, please support the band by buying their CDs. * Nine Inch Nails [http://remix.nin.com/] - Only (Richard X Mix) * Nine Inch Nails [http://remix.nin.com/] - In Motion (Discrete Omni's Angular Momentum Mix) * Nine Inch Nails [http://remix.nin.com/] - Heresy (Instrumental) Other tracks for this week are used under Creative Commons from Magnatunes. In addition we have some bootlegs and I've linked to the DJ's websites: * Stargarden [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mural/id257926716?i=257926728] - Mural * Swivel Neck Jones [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/burn/id277014166?i=277014184] - Burn * Heavy Mellow [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/maybe-itll-rain/id257786649?i=257786909] - Maybe It'll Rain * Matt Hite [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/maybe-itll-rain/id257786649?i=257786909] - Me and You and Yazoo

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. * Chad Myers [http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/chad_myers/] tells us about one of the first lead positions he had working for a sleazy business guy. * Chad Fowler [http://chadfowler.com/] talks to us about being an imposter * Sara Chipps [http://girldeveloper.com/] contributes her first story to This Developer's Life, interviewing Scott Reynolds [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/dreamjobs/] about his dream jobs * Doug Rohrer talks to Scott about bonding under extreme, Enterprise circumstances Music The tracks for this week are used under Creative Commons from Magnatunes. In addition we have some bootlegs and I've linked to the DJ's websites: * Fissunix [http://bootleg.fissunix.com/] - Whole Sex Lotta Machine * DJ Cary [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dreaming-of-this-etherine/id257912517?i=257914704] - Dreaming of This * Nine Inch Nails [http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home] - Ghosts * General Fuzz [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/smiling-perspective/id277102467?i=277102515] - Smiling Perspectives * Rildrim [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/linber/id399882981?i=399883232] - Linber * DJs From Mars [http://www.myspace.com/djsfrommars] - Enter Telephone

In this episode Scott and I talk to technical folks who have moved on up to Management - and what it means to them. * Mark Freedman [http://markfreedman.com/] shares his story about clawing his way out of a successful career as a manager at a rather large, growing company. A good job, lots of respect, and he hates it. * Bertrand LeRoy [https://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy] talks about charting his own path right at Microsoft after graduating with a PhD in Physics and how he maintains a career right down in the middle of manager and coder. * Todd Baesen talks about moving from Chemical Engineer to Nuclear Engineer on the USS Enterprise (literally), and then to senior management at a big engineering firm in the SF Bay Area. Music The tracks for this week are used under Creative Commons from Magnatunes: * Daniel Estrem [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/colors-of-spain/id370502116]- Asturias (Leyenda) no. 1 from Cantos de Espana * Harlan Williams [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-glass-desert/id319950002] - Beneath the Iron Heel of Pagan Rome * Williamson [http://magnatune.com/artists/williamson] - a please goodbye from whore * Urban Response [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-origem-da-natureza-urbana/id364641300] - Hunter Gatherer * DJ Cary [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/electromelange/id267136559] -Termoli * Fischerspooner [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/entertainment/id354557016] - Danse en France * Jaydiohead [http://www.maxtannone.com/projects/jaydiohead/] - December Backdrifts * Tool [https://www.amazon.com/10-000-Days-Tool/dp/B000EULJLU] - Rosetta Stoned * General Fuzz [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/general-fuzz/id359064275] - Beatdown * Nine Inch Nails [http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home] - Ghosts * Jaydiohead [http://www.maxtannone.com/projects/jaydiohead/] - Life There

In this episode Scott and I talk to 3 developers who have pulled off some pretty audacious maneuvers. * John Resig [http://ejohn.org/], Creator of jQuery, decided to write yet another javascript framework when there were already quite a few to choose from. Not only did he succeed, he changed web development forever. * Alex Payne [http://al3x.net/], former API Developer Lead at Twitter, talks about the (somewhat insane) move to leave Twitter, and (somewhat more insane) choice to 'reinvent banking' with BankSimple [http://banksimple.com/]. * Miguel de Icaza [http://tirania.org/blog/], founder of the GNOME project and creator of Mono talks about creating a clone of the .NET framework - all because he didn't like what else was out there at the time for Linux.

In the first story, I talk to David Heinemeier Hansson [http://loudthinking.com/] creator of Ruby on Rails, [http://rubyonrails.org/] partner at 37Signals [http://37signals.com/] and author of Rework about the inspiration and shepherding of Ruby on Rails. In the second story, Scott talks to Dan Bricklin [http://danbricklin.com/history/saimiddle.htm] who in the late 70s and early 80s helped to usher in the computer age, as well as a new industry. Dan is the creator of Visicalc - the first spreadsheet program. Music * Making me Nervous: Brad Sucks [http://www.bradsucks.net/] * Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts [http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home] * Willamson [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-few-things-to-hear-before/id4476329] * John Williams: Acoustic Country Blues Guitar [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/acoustic-country-blues-guitar/id16684873] Please support these artists.