At the MSDN Developer Conference (MDC) in Detroit, Chris Koenig (blog) was kind enough to sit down and tell me his story. Chris is a developer evangelist for Microsoft, focusing on much warmer states than Michigan in January. I'm impressed that he was willing to come up for MDC in this cold, but we are lucky he did. I really like hearing about all the different computers that people had, some of which I had, myself.
Enjoy!
Chris Koenig - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Michael Eaton
Michael Eaton (blog) was kind enough to sit down with me at the Microsoft Developer Conference in Detroit, Michigan, and tell me his story. Michael has a great background, first looking to go into the military, then into law enforcement, and finally settling in programming. He's got a lot of experience as an independent consultant. He's a prolific blogger and an active member in the local community, attending and speaking at conferences and focusing on helping people hone their craft.
Michael was also the blogger who started the "How I Got Started In Programming" blog meme that swept the internet last year that was an inspiration for this video series.
As a result of some feedback regarding the length of some of the interviews, I've split the interview into two parts for easier viewing and enjoyment. Enjoy!
Part 1
Michael Eaton Part 1 - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Part 2
Michael Eaton Part 2 - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Michael was also the blogger who started the "How I Got Started In Programming" blog meme that swept the internet last year that was an inspiration for this video series.
As a result of some feedback regarding the length of some of the interviews, I've split the interview into two parts for easier viewing and enjoyment. Enjoy!
Part 1
Michael Eaton Part 1 - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Part 2
Michael Eaton Part 2 - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
I'll be at MSDN DevCon in Detroit
This Thursday, January 22, 2009, I'm going to be at the MSDN Developer Conference in Detroit. This is a really cool one-day event covering some of the highlights of the Microsoft PDC. Plus, Alan Stevens is running their "community courtyard" event, which focuses more on attendee involvement in discussions.
Given the amount of time there, I'm hoping to capture at least 10 stories. So, if you are there, feel free to find me and let's record your story.
I'll be spending most of my time at the community courtyard, talking to people about software craftsmanship and talking about pair-programming tours. I'll be arriving Wednesday night and leaving Friday morning, so I'll have plenty of time to do some interviews with people there.
After the conference, I'll be kicking off a week-long, Michigan journeyman tour, starting in Ann Arbor with Patrick Wilson-Welsh, then heading to Lansing to be hosted by Jeff McWherter.
Given the amount of time there, I'm hoping to capture at least 10 stories. So, if you are there, feel free to find me and let's record your story.
I'll be spending most of my time at the community courtyard, talking to people about software craftsmanship and talking about pair-programming tours. I'll be arriving Wednesday night and leaving Friday morning, so I'll have plenty of time to do some interviews with people there.
After the conference, I'll be kicking off a week-long, Michigan journeyman tour, starting in Ann Arbor with Patrick Wilson-Welsh, then heading to Lansing to be hosted by Jeff McWherter.
I'll be at acts_as_conference
February 6th and 7th, I will be in Orlando, Florida, at acts_as_conference doing "How I Got Started In Programming" interviews with as many people as I can. Are you going to be there? Find me and a quiet place, then lets get story-telling.
Given the amount of time I'll be at the conference, I am going to try to get 10 interviews.
Looking at the speakers for the conference, it promises to be a great one. If you haven't signed up, you really should. DHH is going to be there; Nathaniel Talbot (who has already agreed to an interview); Yehuda Katz; Bryan Liles; Jim Weirich; the list just goes on. I'm incredibly excited to be there, both as an attendee and doing the interviews.
As an added benefit, Confreaks is recording the sessions, which means that I'll be able to watch the sessions later, freeing me up to really focus on my reason for being there: recording people's stories.
The trip to acts_as_conference is possible only through some incredibly generous sponsorship, coordinated amazingly (and partially funded) by Anthony Eden (blog) of chi.mp. Anthony contacted me on twitter to say that I should come down to interview the Ruby and Rails people at the conference; It wasn't long after that, and he had secured sponsorship to support the interview trip.
After the conference, I'll be embarking on a pair-programming tour through the area from February 8th to the 19th. If you are interested in hosting me for some pair-programming fun, please contact me.
I will be updating this entry with all the sponsor information, as I get more details.
Robert Dempsey of Atlantic Dominion Solutions and the conference chair, is providing me a ticket to the conference. I'll like to express thanks to him and the confererence for extending this to some guy who's wandering around programming with people.
Given the amount of time I'll be at the conference, I am going to try to get 10 interviews.
Looking at the speakers for the conference, it promises to be a great one. If you haven't signed up, you really should. DHH is going to be there; Nathaniel Talbot (who has already agreed to an interview); Yehuda Katz; Bryan Liles; Jim Weirich; the list just goes on. I'm incredibly excited to be there, both as an attendee and doing the interviews.
As an added benefit, Confreaks is recording the sessions, which means that I'll be able to watch the sessions later, freeing me up to really focus on my reason for being there: recording people's stories.
The trip to acts_as_conference is possible only through some incredibly generous sponsorship, coordinated amazingly (and partially funded) by Anthony Eden (blog) of chi.mp. Anthony contacted me on twitter to say that I should come down to interview the Ruby and Rails people at the conference; It wasn't long after that, and he had secured sponsorship to support the interview trip.
After the conference, I'll be embarking on a pair-programming tour through the area from February 8th to the 19th. If you are interested in hosting me for some pair-programming fun, please contact me.
I will be updating this entry with all the sponsor information, as I get more details.
Robert Dempsey of Atlantic Dominion Solutions and the conference chair, is providing me a ticket to the conference. I'll like to express thanks to him and the confererence for extending this to some guy who's wandering around programming with people.
Michael Kimsal
Michael Kimsal (blog) is an independent consultant, publisher/editor for GroovyMag, as well as as the upcoming JSMag, and host of the popular WebDevRadio podcast.
I met him for the first time at Raleigh Code Camp 2008 and really enjoyed talking to him. I was lucky enough to catch up with him at Codemash for an interview.
Michael's story is another great one stretching back to a childhood that a lot of us can relate to. I love talking to people who's formal training is something outside of computer science.
Enjoy!
Michael Kimsal - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
I met him for the first time at Raleigh Code Camp 2008 and really enjoyed talking to him. I was lucky enough to catch up with him at Codemash for an interview.
Michael's story is another great one stretching back to a childhood that a lot of us can relate to. I love talking to people who's formal training is something outside of computer science.
Enjoy!
Michael Kimsal - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Carl Franklin
Carl Franklin is the co-host of dotnetrocks, as well as several other podcasts. He's a well-known figure in the dotnet community, coming in from the visual basic community before that. I remember hearing about him back in the day when I was rocking the VB.
Carl's also a fantastic musician, and his prowess at various conference jamfests is legendary. He took part in Codemash 2009's jamfest and definitely rocked the house.
I very much appreciate him taking the time to sit down with me and tell us his story. It is a great one, and he has some great advice for people getting into the field. His experience with the podcasting world has exposed him to a ton of different people, and this has definitely influenced the way he looks at things.
Enjoy!
Carl Franklin - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Carl's also a fantastic musician, and his prowess at various conference jamfests is legendary. He took part in Codemash 2009's jamfest and definitely rocked the house.
I very much appreciate him taking the time to sit down with me and tell us his story. It is a great one, and he has some great advice for people getting into the field. His experience with the podcasting world has exposed him to a ton of different people, and this has definitely influenced the way he looks at things.
Enjoy!
Carl Franklin - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Nate Hoellein
Nate Hoellein has an interesting story about how he got into programming.While he got into programming later in life, you can definitely hear the undercurrents of the ideas throughout his story.
Nate's blog has some very interesting entries on F#, including different ideas on testing framework integration.
Enjoy!
Nate Hoellein - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Nate's blog has some very interesting entries on F#, including different ideas on testing framework integration.
Enjoy!
Nate Hoellein - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Richard Campbell
Richard Campbell is a prolific podcaster and well-known figure in the dotnet development community. At Codemash 2009, he was kind enough to take time out his own interviewing to sit with me and talk about his beginnings.
Richard is currently co-host of DotNetRocks, RunAsRadio and Mondays.
His current focus in development is on scalability, but I'll let him talk about what he's doing. Enjoy! This was a really fun conversation.
Richard Campbell - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Richard is currently co-host of DotNetRocks, RunAsRadio and Mondays.
His current focus in development is on scalability, but I'll let him talk about what he's doing. Enjoy! This was a really fun conversation.
Richard Campbell - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Welcome to the "How I Got Started in Programming" interview series
In 2008, Michael Eaton started a blog meme with several questions related to the topic 'How did you get started in programming.' The questions spread like wildfire, reaching far and wide. You can find a lot of the answers by doing a google search or starting at Michael's blog and following the links. While the initial meme was great, it suffered from the fact that it was written. You can't see the organic nature of someone telling their story live: the body language, the flow of a conversation, etc.
During my initial pair-programming tour, I began the practice of interviewing my hosts and posting them to the journeyman blog. One of the questions I usually started with was 'how did you get started in this?' This is a question that I've asked people over the years, even before the tours, and I'm always fascinated by it. Once I started video-taping them, though, it really took off in my mind.
All of this has led to the idea of coupling my journeyman tours with interviewing people on how they got started in development; since I'm already going to be traveling around and meeting a lot of new people, why not just collecting everyone's story. One thing I loved about the flow of Michael Eaton's meme was that it was open to everyone; it wasn't just about the 'big names' in the field. That's my goal, too. While there will be some people in there who have recognizable names, I'm planning on interviewing everyone I can.
Fundamentally, most everyone likes to tell their story, and, just as important, most everyone likes to hear the story of others. Just like pair-programming with many different people in many different environments gives you a sense of the underlying concepts that span the specifics of software development, hearing how other people got started allows us to find underlying commonalities between ourselves and others.
So, that's the goal of this venture: tell your story, listen to others', understand that we are all in this together.
If you would like to be interviewed, please contact me via the contact information on the side bar.
During my initial pair-programming tour, I began the practice of interviewing my hosts and posting them to the journeyman blog. One of the questions I usually started with was 'how did you get started in this?' This is a question that I've asked people over the years, even before the tours, and I'm always fascinated by it. Once I started video-taping them, though, it really took off in my mind.
All of this has led to the idea of coupling my journeyman tours with interviewing people on how they got started in development; since I'm already going to be traveling around and meeting a lot of new people, why not just collecting everyone's story. One thing I loved about the flow of Michael Eaton's meme was that it was open to everyone; it wasn't just about the 'big names' in the field. That's my goal, too. While there will be some people in there who have recognizable names, I'm planning on interviewing everyone I can.
Fundamentally, most everyone likes to tell their story, and, just as important, most everyone likes to hear the story of others. Just like pair-programming with many different people in many different environments gives you a sense of the underlying concepts that span the specifics of software development, hearing how other people got started allows us to find underlying commonalities between ourselves and others.
So, that's the goal of this venture: tell your story, listen to others', understand that we are all in this together.
If you would like to be interviewed, please contact me via the contact information on the side bar.
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