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 [https://twitter.com/pcauldwell] Liberal Arts Major and Author of Code Leader
 * Zach Johnson [http://zachjohnson.net/] 17-year old home-school kid who has an internship building rockets at Microsoft


Music

The 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 [http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/aluminum-forest/id484869650] - Aluminum Forest
 * Nine Inch Nails [http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home] - Ghosts
 * Daft Punk [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tron-legacy-reconfigured/id426251101] - TRON: Legacy Reconfigured


Photo

This week's evocative photo is from Flickr and is used under Creative Commons. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnbullas/5042846972/]

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Life is long. A series of chapters as you move from one scene to the next. Childhood, becoming a young adult, possibly a parent at some point, and more.

But how much more? We talk to two people who are well into their later chapters. Scott talks to Lawrence Lockhart about reinventing yourself well into midlife. Rob talks to his mom, who, in her early 80s, was far from her final chapter.

Lawrence Lockhart

 * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencelockhart/]
 * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lawrencedcodes/]
 * TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@lawrencedlockhart]

Music

 * Whipping the Horse's Eyes [https://open.spotify.com/track/3XTHhAKPzYOWq6YDJ5Tvlq] - Calexico
 * Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man), [https://open.spotify.com/track/58YQv37StqKeoRTYf1pX1K] Instrumental - Love and Rockets
 * Spy Always Dies Alone [https://pixabay.com/users/23117649-23117649/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=93740], 23117649
 * Oleksandr Stepanov [https://pixabay.com/users/penguinmusic-24940186/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=12641]
 * Yrii Semchyshyn [https://pixabay.com/users/coma-media-24399569/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=21275]
 * NiN, Ghosts [https://www.nin.com/music/ghosts/]

5.0.2 Reboot

What do you do when your voice gains an audience? Do you rattle cages or open doors? That's what we talk about in this episode.

Scott talks to Anjuan Simmons about the power of lending your privilege [https://anjuansimmons.com/talks/lending-privilege/], lifting people up by getting out of the way.

Rob talks to April Edwards [https://peeifyouwanttogofaster.com/] about being an ally, listening, and shutting up. April's blog post about her health battle can be found here [https://peeifyouwanttogofaster.com/2023/02/16/battles-from-a-female-triathlete-when-your-body-fails-you/].

Music

The music used for this show is shared, kindly, by the following artists - our thanks to them!

 * Zakhar Dziubenko [https://pixabay.com/users/rockot-1947599/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=173066]
 * SPMusic [https://pixabay.com/users/spmusic-34490764/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=173410]
 * OctoSound [https://pixabay.com/users/octosound-39205072/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=172670]
 * Alexi Action [https://pixabay.com/users/alexiaction-26977400/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=126735]
 * Nine Inch Nails [https://www.nin.com/music/ghosts/](as always)
 * Praz Khanal [https://pixabay.com/users/prazkhanal-24653570/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=169039]

5.0.1 Voice

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 [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - Mae Jemison
 * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - No Hands
 * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - The Father
 * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - 1080p
 * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - Pity Party
 * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - Success
 * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - Power Ups
 * Sammus [https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/music] - Cybernetic Armor

4.0.1 Faith

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.

Credits

Thank you to Jeff Goldsmith [http://www.theqandapodcast.com/2012/06/ray-bradbury-q.html], maker of the free storytelling app Backstory [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/backstory/id521967972?mt=8], for allowing us to use his recording of Ray Bradbury from Comic-Con 2010.

3.0.2 Space

 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. Download Here

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