Open source at Microsoft, inclusion, diversity, and OSCON (Interview)

Scott Hanselman joined today’s show produced in partnership with our friends at OSCON. Scott is a Program Chair of OSCON, host of the podcast Hanselminutes, and advocate for open source inside of Microsoft and the Azure Cloud team. We talked about the oldest software he wrote that’s still in production, the shift inside Microsoft to open source and why, as well as ways to make inclusion and diversity a priority in your communities.

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Featuring:

• Scott Hanselman – Website, GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

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• Scott’s podcast ~> Hanselminutes
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• Codeland Conference

Related shows you should listen to:

• Spotlight #13: Node at Microsoft, ChakraCore, and VM Neutrality with Gaurav Seth and Arunesh Chandra
• The Changelog #134: Open Sourcing .NET Core with the Microsoft .NET team
• The Changelog #152: TypeScript and Open Source at Microsoft with Anders Hejlsberg and Jonathan Turner
• The Changelog #176: CROSSOVER — CodeNewbie and Community with Saron Yitbarek
• The Changelog #224: .NET Core and Microsoft’s Shift to Open Source with Bertrand Le Roy

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