I've been working with software developers for a long time now, and one thing I learned along the way is that coders are a diverse bunch. That's one reason why it has been fun and entertaining to launch our A Coder Interview With... series of interviews at the Code Project. We started the series in August 2011 and have been posting a new interview more or less weekly since then.
The big idea behind these interviews is share the stories of working developers who are actively involved in larger coding community — whether that's the Code Project in particular, open-source projects, or just folks who actively share their knowledge and enthusiasm about programming.
I'd like to acknowledge that The Setup provided much inspiration for this project. I really enjoy the consistent, concise format of these interviews. For Code Project we chose to use a similar set question format, but expand the topic to discuss topics like languages and frameworks of interest, how they learned to program, what advice they'd give to up-and-coming programmers and what they really despise in a codebase.
I heartily recommend reading through these interviews to get a good idea of what tools and techniques working developers are actively using today and the new technologies they're embracing for tomorrow.