Darryl Hogan

Darryl Hogan is an Architect Evangelist for Microsoft in the heartland district. I've known for him for a couple years now, both in a professional and a personal capacity, and I can't remember a time when he wasn't smiling and laughing. Okay, maybe when he had to deal with stuff I was working on. The fact that he is an architecture evangelist and his blog is called 'Tales from the Whiteboard' should tell you something about him.

Enjoy!


Daryl Hogan - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.

Rick Schummer

Rick Schummer was kind enough to sit down with me at the Microsoft MSDN Developer Conference in Detroit. He is the owner of White Light Computing and an organizer of the Southwest Fox Conference. His story is great, because his company does all their development in FoxPro. Fantastic. The few FoxPro people that I know always laugh when I tell them about some cool dynamic thing, as, according to them, they've had all that for years.

Enjoy!


Richard Schummer - How I Got Started In Programming from Corey Haines on Vimeo.

Chris Koenig

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.