All Episodes

313. The Role of a Manager

312. Why The Worst Code is Working Code

311. Your Software Development Career is in Danger

310. Short Attention Spans Hurt Software and Developers

309. You Are Climbing the Wrong Ladder

308. Avoiding Product Drift in a World of AI

307. Code is a Liability, Not an Asset

306. The Dangers of Fast-Moving Development with AI

305. Red Flags in a Job Opportunity

304. Why "It Depends" is a Developer's Most Important Phrase

303. Why Monoliths Beat Microservices Almost Every Time

302. Why Do Developers Use the Command Line

301. Does Quality Matter When AI Code Creation Is So Fast?

300. What is the Best Way to Learn Software Development? Has AI Changed That?

299. Hope - Why Software Developers Should Be Hopeful

298. How to Transition from Tutorials To Getting Hired

297. How Can I Be More Productive in Software Development

296. Does Code Quality Matter When AI Writes the Code?

295. Developing For Analog - Why Software Development is Messy

294. How Do You Protect Your Career from AI as a Software Developer?

293. Should I Create a PWA or Native Application?

292. An Introvert's Guide to Talking to People

291. Who Should Be a Software Developer?

290. 2025 Year in Review and Looking Ahead to 2026

289. Common Code to Build and Reuse in Business

288. The Best Approach for Building a Large Web Application

287. How Much Math Does a Developer Need to Know?

286. The Development Community Is Broken - Let's Fix It

285. AI is not a Source of Truth

284. Software Development Is About Constant Chang

283. AI, Layoffs, and Why Developer Jobs Are Going To Grow

282. Making Luck - How To Get Ahead in Software Development

281. Developers Are Reinventing the Train - The Dunning-Kruger Effect

280. Learn How To Make Your Ideas Matter

279. Work/Life Balance Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

278. The State of Software Development

277. The Future of AI and What It Means For Developers

276. How To Get The Most Out Of Your Training Budget

275. How To Make the Most Out Of Your One-on-One Meetings

274. Why Code Quality Is Not The Most Important Metric

273. Why Getting a Job is Hard and How To Make It Better

272. How To Learn From a Senior Developer Without Annoying Them

271. The Art of Saying No as a Developer

270. How To Give And Receive Code Reviews Well

269. The Truth About 10x Developers

268. Navigating the Current Job Market

267. Why Soft Skills Matter as a Developer

266. Staying Visible and Valued as a Developer

265. Technical Debt Is Not What You Think It Is

264. How To Work With Non-Technical Stakeholders

263. GitHub, Copilot, and More With Martin Woodward of GitHub

262. Discussing Blazor with Dan Roth, PM of ASP.NET and Blazor

261. Inside the Mind of Anders Hejlsberg

260. Should I Learn Software Development in 2025?

259. The Shortcuts to Learning Software Development

258. The Pitfalls In Learning Software Development

257. Why Do Old Codebases Look So Bad?

256. Does Vibe Coding Have A Place In Software Development?

255. What Open Source Projects Should Do To Protect Themselves

254. Free Open Source Projects Are Dangerous

253. Misconceptions Around Open Source Licensing and Monetization

252. How Limitations Make an Application Better (Training Too!)

251. What Microsoft Choosing Go over C# Can Teach Us

250. Can AI Do a Developers Job?

249. Why Employers Don't Treat You Like You Expect

248. How Do I Maintain a Good Work-Life Balance as a Developer?

247. Do Developers Need To Know About Databases?

246. What is the fastest way to become a developer?

245. Why Most Advice Is Probably Wrong

244. How To Quit The Right Way

243. How To Learn C# As A Hobby

242. How To Become an Independent Software Developer

241. How To Be a Better Software Developer

240. How To Upgrade Your Software Development Job

239. How To Get A Job In Software Development

238. Creating Clear Goals That Get Accomplished

237. How To Modernize Your Skills as a C# Developer

236. Identifying The Next Step In Your Career

235. Overcoming "I Don't Have Enough Time"

234. What Is Next For Software Development?

233. 3 Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd in Software Development

232. Why Do .NET Upgrades Happen So Quickly?

231. Customizing Your Resume Per Application

230. Premature Optimization vs Careful Planning - How To Optimize Your Application

229. Is HA/DR Worth It? The Costs/Benefits of Disaster Recovery & High Availability

228. Defeating Micromanagement & Succeeding Despite Leadership

227. You Are Scaling Your App Wrong

226. Why You Aren't Landing Your Dream Development Job

225. Getting Through Hard Times and Failures in Software Development

224. Tips For Making Your Job Less Stressful

223. Protect Yourself From Layoffs, Downsizing, and Losing Your Job

222. What Employers Look For When Hiring Developers

221. Learn How To Simplify Difficult Tasks In Software Development

220. How To Evaluate Which College Degree Is Best For You

219. 12 Side Hustle Ideas For Software Developers

218. When Side Hustles For Software Developers Are Valuable

217. Overcoming Bad Tools and Frustrating Processes

216. Encouraging Your Team To Grow Their Skills

215. Knowing When to Upgrade .NET Versions And How To Get Your Boss On Board

214. Understanding How Opportunity Cost Affects Software Developers

213. How To Become a Software Developer the Right Way

212. How To Nail a Job Interview

211. When To Break The Rules as a Developer

210. When JavaScript Becomes Important for C# Developers

209. Using Outside Experience as a Software Developer

208. Separating AI Hype from AI Reality

207. 4 Other Careers Software Developers Where Can Excel

206. 6 Myths About Software Development

205. The 5-Step Process to Improve at Anything

204. 5 Proactive Measures to Survive Job Uncertainty

203. 5 Strategic Changes To Improve Your Career

202. 3 Ways Every Developer Fails and How to Avoid Them

201. 9 Steps to Effectively Change Jobs For More Money in Software Development

200 What Are Some Major Mistakes Developers Make in Their Career?

199 How Do I Find the Best Developer to Hire?

198 How Do I Make My Portfolio Better?

197 What Is the Purpose of Design Patterns?

196 Should I Build a Monolith or Microservices?

195 What Is the Progression of a Developer?

194 What Skills Will Help Me Advance in My Career?

193 How Do I Start Teaching Development Online?

192 How Do I Delegate Work Safely and Effectively?

191 Is Open Source More Secure Than Closed Source?

190 What Are Some Work Routine Best Practices?

189 What Are The Differences Between Full-Time and Contracting?

188 How Do I Transition From Vacation Mode to Work Mode?

187 What Web Framework Should I Use For My C# Project?

186 What Do I Do When Production Goes Down?

185 How Do I Switch From Work Mode to Vacation Mode?

184 What Is The Real Job of a Software Developer?

182 How Do I Establish Best Practices for a Team of Developers?

181 How Do I Start My Job Well? What Do I do First?

180 Why Can't I Get A Job As A Software Developer?

179 Why Should I Upgrade My .NET Application?

178 What Are The Steps To Quickly Debugging An Application?

177 How Do I Estimate Tasks Correctly? How Do I Estimate Time Accurately?

176 How Do You Avoid Feeling Overwhelmed? What If You Are In Over Your Head?

175 Is Global Demand for Developers Declining?

174 How Much Do I Lose When I Change Languages?

173 How Can I Succeed In A Crisis?

172 What is the Future of Software Development?

171 How Do I Become a Consultant with Kevin Griffin?

170 What Is A Full Stack Developer?

169 What Is A Back-End Developer?

168 What Is A Front-End Developer?

167 Should I Create Minimal APIs or Full APIs?

166 What is the Best Type of Work Experience?

165 What Are Some Tips for Interns? Pay, Performance, and More

164 What is the Future of Blazor?

163 How Do I Structure My Application?

162 Why Do Applications Need Constant Updates? What is Code Rot?

161 How Do I Deal with Overthinking?

160 Why Do Software Development Projects Fail?

159 What’s New with .NET MAUI featuring Maddy Montaquila

158 How Important is a Computer Science Degree for Software Developers?

157 The State of AI and .NET featuring Amanda Silver

156 4 Ways Almost Any Developer Can Build Their Professional Network

155 AI is Everywhere, Now What? (Microsoft Build Conference Special)

154 How Do I Keep Up with the Latest Technologies?

153 Top 5 Mistakes Developers Make

152 3 Pitfalls to Avoid – My Biggest Mistakes

151 How Do I Become a C# Expert? One Simple Trick!

150 How Do I Approach Rewriting an Old Codebase?

149 How Do I Get Side Income as a Developer?

148 Should I Build a CMS or Should I Buy One?

147 Are Coding Bootcamps Worth It?

146 How Do I Document My Code?

145 How Do I Work with Offline Data?

144 What Should I Look for In a Good C# Job?

143 Why is Microsoft Changing C# Syntax So Much?

142 When Should I Quit? How Do I Know When To Move On?

141 How Do You Keep Your Motivation To Learn and Grow?

140 Is It Possible To Overuse DRY? Is Repeating Yourself Ever OK?

139 What Are Your Thoughts on Entity Framework Core vs. Dapper?

138 Why Is Diversity Important In Software Development?

137 How Do I Recover After Being Fired?

136 What Soft Skills Benefit Software Developers The Most?

135 Should I Start My Project Over From Scratch or Update It?

134 How Do I Make a Resolution I Can Keep?

133 Will Artificial Intelligence Take Away Developer Jobs?

132 A Shared Development vs Local Services and Containers

131 Do I Need to Learn the .NET Command Line?

130 Is Writing C# on a Mac Realistic? How About Linux?

129 Which Database Type Should I Use For My App?

128 What Authentication System Should I Use For My App?

127 How Do I Choose the Right Web Framework?

126 Does Knowing Data Structures and Algorithms Benefit a C# Developer?

125 How Much Learning Is Too Much?

124 Should I Know Linux as a C# Developer?

123 Should I Take a C# Desktop Job as a C# Web Developer?

122 Is This The Next Silverlight? The Silverlight Myth

121 What are Some Tips on Going into Business for Yourself?

120 How Do I Practice My Presentation Skills?

119 What Are Some Tips for Great Presentations?

118 How Do I Improve the Technical Skills of a Team?

117 What Are Some Resume Tips For A C# Developer?

116 Which Programming Techniques Should Every Developer Know?

115 Should I Join A Local User Group? What Are The Benefits?

114 What Are The Most Important Project Types To Learn In C#?

113 What Is The Cloud? Do I Need To Know It? Is It Serverless?

112 Do I Need To Learn Older Technologies Or Can I Start With .NET 6?

111 How Do I Get The Most Out Of A Developer Conference Or Event?

110 Why Do Employers Ask For Work Experience For Entry-Level Jobs?

109 How Do I Balance Design Patterns and Code Complexity?

108 How Do I Know If I Am Overusing a Principle?

107 Should I Focus on Blazor or ASP.NET Core?

106 How Do I Adapt To Rapid Changes In The Programming World?

105 How Do I Understand a Complex Codebase At Work?

104 When Should I Optimize & When Should I Add New Features?

103 How Do I Set My Rate For Consulting or Freelancing?

102 How Do I Price My Software?

101 How Do I Think Like a Software Developer?

100 Six Things I Want Every Developer To Know

099 How Do You Gather User Requirements? How Do You Perform UAT?

098 How Do I Set Goals As A Software Developer?

097 How Do I Organize My Common Libraries Into Projects?

096 How Do I Integrate Into A Remote Team?

095 How Do I Plan Out A Project? Waterfall? Agile?

094 Is Azure DevOps Going Away? If So, Where Do We Go?

093 How Do I Go From Outdated to Employable?

092 Which Is Better: Tabs or Spaces?

091 Why Shouldn't I Choose The Best Language For The Job?

090 How Do I Convince People To Use My App?

089 When Should I Build My Own Instead Of Using A NuGet Package?

088 How Do I Choose The Right Technology Stack For My App?

087 What Makes A Good Software Application?

086 How Do I Finish What I Started?

085 Why Do Languages Copy Each Other?

084 Do I Really Need To Study HTML and CSS As A C# Web Developer?

083 What Do I Wish I Did Differently When Learning Software Development?

082 How Do I Get Consistent Growth As A Developer?

081 How Do I Build Relationships In The Industry?

080 How Do I Make My Resume Stand Out?

079 Why Won't Employers Hire Me?

078 How Do I Win The Comparison Game? How Do I Get Better?

077 What Does A Lead Developer Do? How Do I Become One?

076 How Do I Price My Software? What Is The Right Price For Software?

075 How Do I Get Started In Open Source Development?

074 How Do I Get C# Work Experience? How Do I Get My First Job?

073 Should a C# Web Developer know Angular/React/Vue?

072 How Do I Upgrade An Enterprise Application? Should I Even Consider It?

071 How Big Is A Typical Raise For A Developer? Cost Of Living? More?

070 What Parts of C# Are Obsolete? Should I Even Learn The .NET Framework?

069 Why Should I Choose C# As My Programming Language?

068 How Do I Avoid Burnout? How Do I Deal With Burnout?

067 How Do I Add Value As An Employee? How Do I Make A Good Impression?

066 How Do I Get A Raise As A Software Developer?

065 How Do I Assess My Market Value? What Should I Be Paid?

064 When Is It Time To Give Up Being A Developer?

063 Surviving Tutorial Hell - How to Succeed On Your Own As A Developer

062 .NET Framework vs .NET Core vs .NET vs .NET Standard vs C#

061 How Important is Attention to Detail as a Developer?

060 Why Does Stack Overflow Hate Homework Questions?

059 Should I Build An App Or Buy An Existing App?

058 First Look at GitHub Copilot and What It Means For Developers

057 What Are the Common Application Layers? Is 3 Layers Standard?

056 How Much Should I Do In a Take Home Interview Exercise?

055 Do No-Code Products Threaten Software Development Jobs?

054 How Do You Prepare For A Technical Interview?

053 How Do You Stay Focused & Avoid Distractions As A Software Developer?

052 What Does A Software Architect Do?

051 What Is The C# Learning Path?

050 How Do I Make Passive Income on My App?

049 Do I Start a .NET 5 Project or Wait for the LTS?

048 Is It OK To Be In Software Development For The Money?

047 What Are The Most Important Traits Of A Software Developer?

046 What Are Some Career Tips For Self-Taught Developers?

045 What Are The Pros & Cons Of Becoming A Consultant?

044 Do I Need To Be A Generalist Or A Specialist?

043 Do I Have To End Up In Management As A Developer?

042 Which C# Web Application Type Should I use? MVC? Blazor? Razor Pages?

041 How Do I Cite My Code? How Do I Give Proper Attribution?

040 How Do I Do Data Access In Blazor? MVC? WPF?

039 How Do I Practice What I Am Learning?

038 Is The Cloud Safe? Isn't My Data Safer Locally vs In Azure/AWS?

037 How Do I Store Images In SQL? In Other Database Types?

036 Should I Build a Desktop or Web Application?

035 How Do You Deal With Hard Days At Work?

034 What Audio/Video Hardware & Software Do You Use To Record Videos?

033 How Do I Become a Microsoft MVP?

032 Are UML Diagrams Important for C# Developers?

031 What Certifications Are Best For C# Developers?

030 How do I prevent the user from de-compiling my C# application?

029 What Setup Do You Recommend For a C# Developer?

028 When Should I Not Use a Third-Party Library In My Project?

027 How Do I Communicate What I Do To a Non-technical Boss?

026 How Do I Fight The Urge To Be Perfect? How Do I Know When I Am Done?

025 Should You Become a C# Consultant? When Are You Ready To Be a C# Consultant?

024 Can You Succeed as a C# Developer Without a Degree?

023 Does Age Matter In Development? How Old Is Too Old To Be A C# Developer?

022 How Do I Prevent Burnout As A Developer?

021 How Do I Get Freelancing Clients? How Do I Start As A Freelancer?

020 How Do I Keep Up With All Of The Changes In C#?

019 How Do You Estimate How Long a Project Will Take?

018 How Do I Overcome the Fear of Getting Fired?

017 What is Scope Creep? How Do You Prevent Scope Creep?

016 What Do You Hate About C#? What Do You Wish C# Did Differently?

015 What Should I Have In My Portfolio? What Makes For Good Portfolio Content?

014 Caliburn Micro Is No Longer Being Maintained. Now What?

013 How Do I Learn to Read Code? Why Should I Learn to Read Code?

012 How Do I Manage My Time? Developer Time Management

011 What Is The Best C# Book? What Is the Best C# Resource?

010 Are Code Comments Important? Are Comments Bad? Is Code Self-Documenting?

009 How Do I Become a Senior Developer? What Is the Difference Between a Junior and Senior Developer?

008 Can I Get a Job in C#? Should I Switch to Java? Is C# In Demand?

007 Is It Better to Write Optimized Code or Readable Code? What is Good Code?

006 How Do I Encrypt a Connection String? How Do I Protect My Settings in a Desktop Application?

005 How Do I Learn Design Patters? Which Design Patterns Should I Know?

004 How Do I Get a C# Developer Job? How Do I Prepare? Do I Need a Portfolio?

003 What is the Future of .NET? Is .NET Framework Dead? Is .NET Core Dead?

002 How Do I Stop Feeling Like An Impostor? Conquering Impostor Syndrome

001 Introduction to Dev Questions - Getting Your Questions Answered