Developers you love, and why they love developing

To kick off Build 2012, we put together a video featuring developers who have helped move the industry forward.  We asked them to share why they love what they do. Hear what they have to say in this video, shown on day one at Build. Participants included:

• Anders Hejlsberg: Technical Fellow, Developer Divisions, Microsoft
• Anil Dash: CEO & Co-founder, ThinkUp
• Ben Huh: CEO and Founder, The Cheezburger Network
• Bill Gates: Co-founder, Microsoft
• Jeff Atwood: Co-founder, Stack Exchange
• Larry Osterman: Principal Software Design Engineer Windows Runtime Experience Team, Microsoft
• LaSean Smith: Sr. Engagement Manager, Deloitte Digital 
• Matt Mullenweg: Co-founder, WordPress
• Michah Baldwin: CEO, Graphicaly
• Nancy Phan: Director of Mobile Product Management, StumbleUpon
• Nolan Bushnell: Founder, Atari, Inc.
• Tim O'Reilly: CEO and Founder, O'Reilly Media
• Tod Semple: Developer, Plants vs. Zombies
• Tracey Trewin: Partner Director, Developer Division, Microsoft
• Sebastian Thrun: CEO, Udacity