An interview with Paul Pardi and Selina Winter of the Microsoft Learning Group, who give us an update on the changes to the MCSD program.

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Episode 4: Microsoft Learning and Certifications

Excerpts from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's keynote at Microsoft Build on impact of data explosion on developer opportunities in the decades to come.

Episode 5: Nadella on Developer Opportunities (from Build 2017)

Microsoft claims to be managing the largest Git repo on the planet through GitHub and GVFS, so we look at the numbers. Plus, an excerpt from David Foote's talk at Live360! in Orlando on careers that are defining digital transformation.

Episode 6: Microsoft's Big Git Project; Digital Transformation

Developers are loving the idea of a code editor that's Web-accessible, has source code management capabilities, and can tie into and support a variety of languages. Here's a look at the latest builds, including the May 2017 Build, that features workbench theming, support for various source code management APIs, and more.

Episode 7: Love for Visual Studio Code

Who are your programming heroes, or who got you excited enough about technology and computing that you decided it would be your life career? Also: Comments on my "Viva, Visual Basic!" column.

Episode 8: Programming Heroes; Viva VB

A look at the story of a bug (a real pest, not the computer variety) that was partly responsible for the career of the photographer of the iconic Windows XP desktop, and I give you short story (for want of a story from listeners) about one of my inspirations who got me into computing in a roundabout way

Episode 9: A Bug in Windows XP's Desktop

The term "engineer" -- is it useful in describing what software developers and programmers do, or should that term be reserved for those who've earned the badge? And news from Microsoft's Inspire conference.

Episode 10: "Engineer" Rears Its Head Again; Inspire News

From Visual Studio Magazine media partner THE Journal comes this story about Codeverse, a camp for learning code geared to 6- to 12-year-olds, which opens this week in Chicago. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Imagine Cup takes place this week in Seattle, with the arrival of student developer teams from around the world to showcase their software and app development skills.

Episode 11: Educating the Next Generation of Developers

In this episode, the job of finding work as a developer is hard work. Job search engines are a great start, but it's all about networking and getting your work out there. Plus: Interview with David Intersimone of Evans Data Group, who recently published some insights on the makeup of the global developer community.