WatersWorks Podcast 4: Programming Luminary Shawn Wildermuth on His New Movie "Hello World"

Shawn Wildermuth is a long-time software developer, an author, a teacher, a blogger, a board member of the .NET Foundation, and most recently, a filmmaker. His film, "Hello World," is a paean to the art and craft of software development told through the personal stories of the people who write the code, ranging from in-the-trenches developers to academics, managers, and entrepreneurs. The film weaves in some surprising history, some eye-opening statistics on race and gender in the world of software development, and an intimate story about the filmmaker's evolution as a coder and a person. In this podcast, John K. Waters talks with Wildermuth about his film, his personal journey, and the state of the industry he loves. is a long-time software developer, an author, a teacher, a blogger, a board member of the .NET Foundation, and most recently, a filmmaker. His film, "Hello World," is a paean to the art and craft of software development told through the personal stories of the people who write the code, ranging from in-the-trenches developers to academics, managers, and entrepreneurs. The film weaves in some surprising history, some eye-opening statistics on race and gender in the world of software development, and an intimate story about the filmmaker's evolution as a coder and a person. In this podcast, John K. Waters talks with Wildermuth about his film, his personal journey, and the state of the industry he loves.