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This Developer's Life

We are Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman and this is our podcast where we tell stories about things technical and not so technical.

My friend Rob and I don't always agree on technology but we do agree that This American Life is one of the best, if not the best podcast in the world. That podcast is all about storytelling. It's masterfully produced, thoughtfully narrated and generally loved. It's cared for, curated and shepherded. It's nurtured. Rob's new experiment, This Developer's Life is, on its surface, recorded in the straight and unapologetic style of This American Life; but in the flattery is the sincerest form of flattery sense. It's brilliant because it works. The narrative flow works, the "stew on that and think for a second" musical interludes work. If you love being a developers, then this show will resonate with you. Even more, if you are around developers (and perhaps not one) then this will explain our psychoses. There's no talk of code, no hand-waving or explanations of architecture diagrams. There's just our stories. I think This Developer's Life has the potential to bring back some emotional context that's been missing in our space. Why DO we choose this job? What drives us and how far will we go? Perhaps this format will resonate with you, perhaps not, but it is a breath of fresh air (!) in the developer community space.

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