In this episode, I talk with Elizabeth Schneider about Neurodiversity in tech. We talk about what neurodiversity is (for instance people on the spectrum of autism, or Asperger's) and how that can affect the workplace. We touch on how people interact, what kind of stereotypes there are about neurodiversity, how teams and companies can help neurodiverse people and more.

In this special episode, I answer questions that I received from a very thoughtful listener. I talk about learning, teaching, focus, how I started in tech and about a lot more things. I hope you find this valuable. If you like this and would like more episodes like this, please send me questions at [email protected].

This week, I talk with Gerald Versluis about Xamarin. We talk about what Xamarin is and what you can do with it and how you can use it to build apps for lots of platforms like iOS and Android. We also touch on the future of Xamarin, which is .NET MAUI that will be released in the .NET 6 timeframe.

This week, I talk with Emily Luijbregts about project management. We talk about what project management is and what a project manager does all day and how that relates to software development. We recorded it on-site in my office (Emily is my wife), so the sound quality is not what you are used too, but still good.

This week, I talk with Oren Eini about RavenDB, which is a NoSQL Distributed database that is lightweight (it can run on a Raspberry Pi), is very fast and has lots of cool features. We talk about how Oren got started in software development and why he started building RavenDB. And we get into all the things that RavenDB can do.

This week, I talk with Megan Bloemsma about data science. We get into what data science is, what a data scientist does all day, what tools they use and also touch on services in Azure that you can use for data science.

This week, I talk with Scott Hunter about .NET 5. We talk about the .NET Ecosystem and what the next version, .NET 5, is going to bring and how it fits into the bigger picture. We also touch on .NET 6, which will make the ecosystem even more simple by absorbing the Xamarin runtimes. During our conversation, Scott talks about cool new features that are already available to use today. You don't want to miss this!

This week, I talk with Pinal Dave about SQL and a lot more. We talk about blogging every day for 13 years and creating a personal brand and consultancy and pricing your work. In the second half of the episode, we talk about SQL. We touch on tools to use when working with SQL, SQL best practices and which SQL Server feature people should really use.

Welcome to another episode of Developer Weekly. This week, I'm talking with Gill Cleeren about creating community meetups and an incredible tech conference. Gill is a Microsoft Regional Director, MVP and Pluralsight author. He also founded Techorama, the biggest IT conference in Belgium and the Netherlands.

This week, I talk with Steve Smith about SOLID principles. We talk about the importance of design patterns and we go through the SOLID principles in detail.