What Scott Hanselman learned from doing 900 podcast interviews with devs [Podcast #131]

On this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Scott Hanselman. Scott's a developer at Microsoft, a prolific teacher, and has hosted the Hanselminutes podcast for nearly two decades. We talk about: · How he leads a fully-remote team from his home of Portland, Oregon · His 11-year journey to getting his degree · What he learned from teaching programming at community college · What he's learned about software development from recording 980 podcast interviews across 20 years Can you guess what song I'm playing on my bass during the intro? It's from a 1994 punk song. Also, I want to thank the 9,779 kind people who support our charity each month, and who make this podcast possible. You can join them and support our mission at: https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate Links we talk about during our conversation: · Scott's Hanselminutes Podcast: https://www.hanselman.com/podcasts · A personal tour of Lotus Notes founder Ray Ozzie's computer artifacts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4awQH6WhP4 · Scott on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shanselman Chapters ⌨️ (0:00:00) Introduction and Retro Gaming ⌨️ (0:11:06) The Longevity of the Hanselman Podcast ⌨️ (0:15:59) Living and Working in Portland ⌨️ (0:27:14) The Value of Practical Knowledge and Systems Thinking in Tech ⌨️ (0:33:33) Preserving Computer History - A Passion for Understanding How Things Work ⌨️ (0:50:09) From Small Business to Tech Job - Building a Diverse Portfolio ⌨️ (0:53:52) The Swiss Army Knife Kid and Helping Others ⌨️ (0:58:49) Encouraging Kids' Interests and Individual Paths ⌨️ (1:02:42) Navigating Comparison and Self-Perception ⌨️ (1:06:18) Curating a Positive Online Experience ⌨️ (1:10:07) Preparing for a World of Comparison ⌨️ (1:13:59) Learning C# as a First Language ⌨️ (1:18:01) Microsoft Learn - A Valuable Resource for Learning ❤️ Support for this channel comes from our friends at Scrimba – the coding platform that's reinvented interactive learning: https://scrimba.com/freecodecamp