Scott Hanselman

About Me

Programmer, teacher, speaker, podcaster, open web fan

Hi, I'm Scott Hanselman.

I'm a programmer, teacher, speaker, podcaster, and unapologetic fan of the open web. I work from my home office in Portland, Oregon as a VP and Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft CoreAI and GitHub. I spend my days thinking about developers, community, .NET, open source, AI developer experiences, Azure, GitHub, and how technology can be more useful, inclusive, and human.

This site, its content, and its opinions are my own.

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I write about technology, culture, gadgets, inclusion, code, the web, where we're going, and where we've been. I'm excited about community, social equity, media, entrepreneurship, mentorship, sponsorship, and above all, making room for more people to feel welcome in tech.

What I'm Working On

Helping developers be more productive with .NET, Azure, GitHub, and AI-powered developer tools.
Making technical education friendlier, more inclusive, and more practical.
Writing, podcasting, and making videos that respect your time and assume you're smart.
Speaking about technology, community, impostor syndrome, mentorship, and the responsibility we have as builders.

If you want a current snapshot of how I think about tech and people, start with my TEDx talk, Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver?

Writing, Podcasts, and Video

I have a number of fun podcasts, a YouTube channel, and more than two decades of blog archives.

Hanselminutes is a weekly talk show on tech modeled on NPR's Fresh Air, except for techies.
Scott and Mark Learn To is a video podcast with Azure CTO Mark Russinovich where we learn a new thing together. You can also find episodes on YouTube.
Azure Friday is a video podcast where I learn about the cloud from the people who built it.
This Developer's Life is an archived long-form audio essay about developers' lives with Rob Conery.
Ratchet and the Geek is an archived social media and tech culture show with my friend Luvvie.

I would love it if you would subscribe to my blog's RSS feed, or you can get my blog delivered to you via email.

Speaking

I've been fortunate to speak to more than one million people all over the world, to groups as small as 10 and as large as 25,000. I've spoken to non-developers on topics like personal productivity, mentorship and sponsorship, diversity in teams, diabetes and open source, technical startup plans, blogging, effective social media, and personal brand management. I've presented to developers on large-scale system architecture, cloud computing, .NET, JavaScript, AI, and more.

Feel free to learn more about my speaking, watch videos of me speaking, or email me about speaking at your conference or corporate event. I'm only interested in speaking at conferences with an enforced Code of Conduct in place, and I avoid manels.

Speaking topics

AI developer tools and developer experience
.NET, Azure, GitHub, and open source
Community, inclusion, mentorship, and sponsorship
Impostor syndrome, productivity, and sustainable careers
Large-scale systems, the web, and pragmatic architecture
Teaching, storytelling, and making complex ideas approachable

Short Bio

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Scott Hanselman is a programmer, teacher, speaker, podcaster, and VP / Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft CoreAI and GitHub. He has been blogging for over 20 years, podcasting for more than 1,000 episodes, and speaking to developers around the world about technology, community, and the open web.

Find Me Online

If you just want to email me, go ahead and send an email to scott@hanselman.com, but be nice and make sure you Googled around a bit before you do. ;)

Background

Before Microsoft, I was the Chief Architect at Corillian Corporation, now a part of Checkfree, for 6+ years. Previously, I worked as a Principal Consultant at STEP Technology, speaking, writing, consulting, and very much not getting rich during Web 1.0, although I worked on a bunch of web sites you have heard of. I worked at Intel, Nike, and consulted all over the world. I've also been an Adjunct Professor at OIT, teaching C# and Web Services. I created the first PalmPilot Diabetes Management System in 1998 and sold it to a healthcare company some years later.

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I am an early adopter, it seems. I ran Tweak Computer Support BBS, with some success, a very long time ago. I was a FidoNet node. I have nice teeth and love cheese amongst other things. I like tools, and I've co-written some books.

I'm diabetic. I like studying Amharic and Zulu/Ndebele and listening to African Music as well as other music. I enjoy Black Hair as a hobby and can both braid and cornrow, although more recently focusing on starting and maintaining locs. I hack on hardware and waste time. I do open source.

I am good at Excel and keep my resume mostly up to date for no reason. We speak Sign Language to my son and my wife speaks Ndebele. I have a great family, have had great teachers, and had a fantastic wedding with a great Cake Topper. I don't sleep too much. I write a lot.

That's me, today. I'll be different tomorrow, hopefully better.

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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer’s view in any way.