Re:Did you ever need to run a piece of C# code on Windows 3.11?
by yread on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:30PM
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How come there are so many Slovak and Czech people working on .NET Core at MS? Tomas Petricek, Karel Zikmund, Jan Kotas, Jan Vorlicek, Tomas Matousek,...
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Re:Did you ever need to run a piece of C# code on Windows 3.11?
by MStrehovsky on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:33PM
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(Author of the "C# on Windows 3.11" hack here - and a Slovak.)
I would say the concentration of Czech/Slovak people around .NET at MS is a result of accidents and networking. I got into the team thanks to a friend of a friend who heard I was interested. But yeah, it's a surprising number given the size of the population of Slovakia and Czech republic.
There's a newly opened .NET development center in Prague so the number is likely going to grow (they do hire from all over the world though): https://karelz.github.io/hiring_prague_net/.
Re:Did you ever need to run a piece of C# code on Windows 3.11?
by flamtap on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:31PM
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Could be as simple as a networking thing. Czech/Slovak people know Czech/Slovak people, those people get recommended, etc.
Re:Did you ever need to run a piece of C# code on Windows 3.11?
by JoeMayoBot on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:23PM
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Great minds - Microsoft is an increasingly diverse company and you'll see smart people from everywhere in the world there.
Re:Did you ever need to run a piece of C# code on Windows 3.11?
by DaiPlusPlus on Friday January 10, 2020 @04:33PM
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Aye. My team in DevDiv (home of .NET) had a Brit (me), a Turkish lady, two Russians, two Canadians (one French), three Indians, my lead was Mexican, and only 1 American.
Re:Did you ever need to run a piece of C# code on Windows 3.11?
by jhkjhtiou45 on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:03PM
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Could be that they aqui-hired some Slovak/Czech company that ended up working on .NET Core.