Name: Buggin Out by The Stack Overflow Podcast
Duration: 35 min 1 s
Description: This week our guest is Clive Thompson: journalist, programmer, and author of the book 'Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and Remaking of the World.' He shares the secret to getting any developer to open up during an interview: ask them about the worst bug they've ever had to deal with.

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Please note: this conversation starts about 10 minutes in -- by this point my wife and I are both completely flustered by the oppressiveness of the rep.

So! Last week my wife called to disconnect our service with Comcast after we switched to another provider (Astound). We were transferred to cancellations (aka "customer retention").

The representative (name redacted) continued aggressively repeating his questions, despite the answers given, to the point where my wife became so visibly upset she handed me the phone. Overhearing the conversation, I knew this would not be very fun.

What I did not know is how oppressive this conversation would be. Within just a few minutes the representative had gotten so condescending and unhelpful I felt compelled to record the speakerphone conversation on my other phone.

This recording picks up roughly 10 minutes into the call, whereby she and I have already played along and given a myriad of reasons and explanations as to why we are canceling (which is why I simply stopped answering the rep's repeated question -- it was clear the only sufficient answer was "Okay, please don't disconnect our service after all.").

Please forgive the echoing and ratcheting sound, I was screwing together some speaker wires in an empty living room!

Updates:
7/15 - Comcast has issued an apology: http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/comcast-statement-regarding-customer-service-call
7/16 - I have continued to reiterate publicly that I do not want Comcast to terminate the rep, and that I believe the call itself belies a deeper, systemic dysfunction:
https://twitter.com/ryan/status/489576392250519552
https://twitter.com/ryan/status/489576399636676609
https://twitter.com/ryan/status/489576406301413376

Comcastic service disconnection (recording starts 10 mins into call)

Nå står verden neppe til påske - Karl har spilt Destiny igjen! Vi raser også gjennom de herlige nyhetene fra Tokyo Game Show, og vi svarer på masse spørsmål - inkludert en bunke om Metal Gear Solid 5. Er det et problem at Rune er Metal Gear-fanboy?

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This week our guest is Clive Thompson: journalist, programmer, and author of the book 'Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and Remaking of the World.' He shares the secret to getting any developer to open up during an interview: ask them about the worst bug they've ever had to deal with.

Stack Overflow Podcast

Buggin Out

New Edit! Hope you love it as much as I do!

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Thanks for everyones support!

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The Stack Overflow podcast is a weekly conversation about working in software development, learning to code, and the art and culture of computer programming. Hosted by Sara Chipps, Paul Ford, and Ben Popper, the series will feature questions from our community, interviews with fascinating guests, and hot takes on what’s happening in tech.

Buggin Out

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