Funny story about him. He wanted to get a Job at Microsoft and wasn’t hired because he didn’t have the qualifications. Then he built Xamarin and made it a great C# open source tool to build apps. M$ really loved it and bought the company. Now he’s leading GitHub. That’s awesome.
Microsoft does have a dark history, it’s also a huge company and Terry Meyerson (windows lead) was an aweful leader.
Things definitely changed. Satya knows that they need the developer mindshare, and that means to go where the developers are.
I hate windows as much as anyone, but a lot of their products are top notch. God I love vscode and Typescript. Just only use their OS products and you’ll be happy.
The job part is not the story of Nat Friedman but Migual de Icaza.
Not sure about the job part being about Miguel, but it's certainly not true about Nat. Nat interned at Microsoft in 97 and I was his manager. He did a great job and was well liked. I don't think he ever applied for a full time position after graduating as I would have heard about it.
I think it's just that he wanted to do something Open Source based, rather than what Microsoft was doing at the time.
Thanks for the insights! Miguel had Visa issues if I remember it right and could not get a job because of this.
You must be proud of Nat :)
Credibility of what? He's a Microsoft employee, being paid by Microsoft, and has made a ton of money by selling his company to Microsoft. Follow the money and you'll find nothing but allegiance to Microsoft and it's corporate goals.
For the record - I don't think MS is as nefarious as people here are insinuating, I'm just pointing out facts that people seem to overlook.