Dave Rael is a father, husband, and seasoned software professional. He has worked as a software developer, analyst, tester, engineer, and architect in numerous verticals and industries over the course of more than 25 years. In 1999, he started in professional software development for a large telecom company working with C++, Visual Basic, .NET, and C#. He created and published the popular podcast Developer On Fire from 2015-2019, in which he interviewed software professionals to gather stories from the world of software. The project of raising excellent offspring is his most important and most successful project to date.