Discover the concept of career reboots and successful career changes later in life. Explore the challenges of transitioning from a successful student to feeling inadequate. Learn about creating a Bragg book and defining moments. Hear about a journey from working at a burger joint to programming, emphasizing the value of community. Reflect on a tech-savvy mom's influence and her excitement for learning. Experience life after divorce and heartwarming stories. Learn about Dell's life full of adventure, resilience, and embracing new experiences.

Anjuan Simmons discusses the power of lending privilege and lifting people up. April Edwards talks about being an ally, listening, and shutting up. The podcast explores self-expression, self-discipline, and being an ally. It also delves into April Edwards' background, challenges faced by women, and the importance of men as allies in women's health.

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 - Mae Jemison Sammus - No Hands Sammus - The Father Sammus - 1080p Sammus - Pity Party Sammus - Success Sammus - Power Ups Sammus - Cybernetic Armor

In this episode of This Developer's Life we ask the hard questions about space. Why aren't we on Mars? Why haven't we gone back to the moon? We talk to Paul Lutus, Dan Bricklin, Tamar Cohen, and hear from Ray Bradbury.Scott and Rob have not yet gone to space and don't understand why. In this episode of This Developer's Life we ask the hard questions about space. Why aren't we on Mars? Why haven't we gone back to the moon? We talk to Paul Lutus, Dan Bricklin, Tamar Cohen, and hear from Ray Bradbury.CreditsThank you to Jeff Goldsmith, maker of the free storytelling app Backstory, for allowing us to use his recording of Ray Bradbury from Comic-Con 2010.

Big thanks from both my wife and myself for the outpouring of support after our Cancer announcement. 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.MusicThe music tracks this week are used under Creative Commons. Please check out our friends on SoundCloud.Xinbi - Elysian RainIan Redfield Music - Thoughtful Violin (2010)Yogi Music - StuffLunova Labs - La VieJéan-Paul D. Jackson - MimiSlightWhiteRabbit - Relax1Seven Lions - Days to Comeitsjakez - Cancer

Where does drama come from? How do we react to it? How much drama can be created by simple semicolon? This week we explore The Great Semicolon Affair.Peter Cooper Friendly publisher, programmer and authorDerick Bailey Consultant and aspiring microprenuerH. Alan Stevens Father, Geek & SpeakerDave Ward Software developer focusing on jQuery and web application usability.Sara Chipps Just a girl, standing in front of a compiler, asking it to love her.Tenderlove When I'm not trimming my beard, I'm hanging out with my lady.MusicThe music tracks this week are either Creative Commons from Magnatune or 30 - 60 seconds snips used as Fair Use.

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 Liberal Arts Major and Author of Code LeaderZach Johnson 17-year old home-school kid who has an internship building rockets at MicrosoftMusicThe 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 - Aluminum ForestNine Inch Nails - GhostsDaft Punk - TRON: Legacy ReconfiguredPhotoThis week's evocative photo is from Flickr and is used under Creative Commons.

You're so old! What a dinosaur! You're using old software and old languages to do old things! Or are you? Scott and Rob talk to David Sokol, Sean Bamforth and Pete Brown about Fortran, DataFlex and the Commodore 64. All these dinosaurs are doing useful work. Or, are they?David Sokol Fortran Programmer and dude with an AWESOME hover state on his home pageSean Bamforth Former Dataflex programmer and now beginning .NET guruPete Brown Senior Project Manager, Microsoft and budding Thomas EdisonMusicThe music tracks this week are all Creative Commons from SoundCloud and most are less than 10 seconds.djpenegre - Ibiza Sunrise 2MattyBlades - Midi Blues~djrain~ - Ladies of the 80s Retro Mixmrevaaaaa - The Cogs Are Spinnin'WenzelRanch - Happy Feed Midi JamAlexDaniels - ZimbabweLucent Zoom - 1764Lucent Zoom - Irish SongMIDI Controller - 'XactlyBDarner2 - 6Death of New AgeThe Apex - An Azure NightPhotoThis week's evocative photo is from Flickr and is used under Creative Commons.

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 Creator of Rails and budding Racer XPete Brown Senior Project Manager, Microsoft and budding Thomas EdisonMusicThe 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 - Ace of Hz - DJ Tiesto RemixNine Inch Nails - Various Remixes of Deep and Perfect DrugJerry Berlongieri - Known BugsKarftwerk - Pocket CalculatorDJs From Mars - Enter Telephone

Who cares about typefaces and why should you? Well, these guys do and you should start caring. Rob and Scott explore the world of reading online with one of the godfathers in the world of typeface and fonts.Bill Hill Lover of reading, of typefaces, and co-creator of ClearTypeGeoffrey Grosenbach Owner/Founder of PeepCodeMusicThe 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.Juno Reactor - High Energy ProtonsNine Inch Nails - GhostsTrent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Pieces from the WholeNine Inch Nails - The Great Collapse (Instrumental)Calexico - Whipping the Horses Eyes