After 22 years in office, the father of PowerShell will leave Microsoft: he was demoted by Microsoft for developing PowerShell

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6 month 27 Japan ,PowerShell The father of 、 Microsoft Technology Researcher 、Modern Work Transformation CTO Jeffrey Snover stay Twitter Guan Xuan is about to 7 month 1 I will leave Microsoft this Friday , He left this to work 22 The place of the year , Try something new .

He also said ,“ I am fortunate to have the opportunity to work with these incredible people , And do something important .”

And just last month ,Jeffrey Snover Also revealed , Years ago in the development of PowerShell when , Events that were demoted by Microsoft .

In Microsoft 22 year

Along the way ,Jeffrey Snover For Microsoft's enterprise transformation , And contributions in the field of automation , Everyone saw it .

Looking back ,1982 year , Graduated from the University of New Hampshire  Jeffrey Snover, Then joined IBM, And in Tivoli Software As a  Tivoli NetView Architects and development managers . Later, I was in DEC As consulting software engineer and development manager , There he led various network and systems management projects .

1999 year , Jeffrey Snover Officially join Microsoft , Act as the Department architect of the management and service department , Provide technical guidance for Microsoft's management technology and products .

In the next twenty years ,Jeffrey Snover registered 30  Multiple patents , Cover the computer monitoring system 、 Interpretable code and other dimensions .

https://patents.justia.com/inventor/jeffrey-snover

besides , He is deeply involved in what we know Windows Server、Azure Stack And many other heavy-duty products , As the chief architect and other important roles .

For himself , What makes it famous is the development of object-based distributed automation engine PowerShell.

2003 year ,Jeffrey Snover During the daily development process, the idea of implementing object pipeline suddenly came into being , So I used C# Words into action , Realized PowerShell The first prototype of .

stay 2016 year 11 month , He finished PowerShell 1.0 edition . As a command line shell and scripting environment , It was at that time  PowerShell Many very new concepts have been introduced , So once it's launched , It has also received great repercussions , Downloaded nearly onemillion times in half a year .

however , Little known is that ,PowerShell Behind the success ,Jeffrey Snover There have been “ Unspeakable suffering , Endless helplessness ”.

Because of the development  PowerShell, Demoted by Microsoft

Just last month 5 month 8 Japan ,Jeffrey Snover In one Twitter I have disclosed that I am developing PowerShell When I was a kid ：

“ When I became PowerShell When developing prototypes of things , A friend told me , This is something that will make people fired .

I wasn't fired .

I was demoted .”

This sentence reveals the dilemma of countless innovators in creating new products , That's why he's seeing famous venture capitalists Peter Thiel Proposed “ Courage is far less than genius ” View time , So agree and disclose the reasons for your past experiences .

stay Jeffrey Snover It seems ,「 Nowadays, many problems remain unsolved , Because it takes courage to solve them , And people just focus on getting the boss to clap their heads with approval .」

He is more direct , Those who have courage either become leaders later , Or become a former employee directly （ Get fired ）.

Fortunately, he is developing PowerShell when , Microsoft is still “ Show mercy ”, Just take it from L69 Demote to L68, And the salary has been lowered accordingly , They have not been dismissed .

In this case ,Jeffrey Snover  Later, when I recalled it, I said ,“ This is very embarrassing . I only mentioned it in front of my wife and friends . For more than 10 years , I never mentioned it to anyone else , Until I was promoted to outstanding engineer （2009 year 3 I won this honor in June ）.”

Regarding this , Some netizens joked ,“ I'm glad you survived , I also hope your old boss will be fired instead of demoted .”

Jeffrey Snover Reply humorously ,「 retired 」.

PowerShell My father will leave Microsoft

In the industry , Talents are flowing in a steady stream , It's quite common , For big factories , Even more so . however , about  Jeffrey Snover Announce your decision to leave Microsoft , And in Windows PowerShell Knock down 「Exit」 when , Many netizens expressed their deep feelings of not giving up .

• “ I'm depressed —— You left a deep impression on Microsoft , It left a lasting impression on me . Thank you for being so approachable , It's a pleasure to work with me to deal with everything in the community . thank you  Jeffrey, You will be （ We ） Always miss .”

• Thank you for everything , And I wish you all the best in your future efforts ！ If you hadn't decided to join Microsoft and pursued your vision of the automation world unremittingly , There would be no achievement of today .

• thank Jeffrey use PowerShell Created such a great foundation . I really think it puts Windows Automation is on the Linux Before , And saves the operating system for enterprise management . I like to say PowerShell Is my second language . I wish you every success in your next adventure .

Some netizens also said , It must be an April Fool's joke ：

about  Jeffrey Snover Decision , Others commented that ,“ I hope it's not because of that post about how things backfired . You have left a great legacy .”

Regarding this ,Jeffrey Snover use 「Good lord no」, Give a negative .

in fact , For the research and development of innovative products , Before it lands , Many people think it is worthless , Even if Microsoft is at the forefront of Technology . But if it weren't for his insistence , Surely there won't be PowerShell、Windows Server Today of .

The present , As a programmer 、 Architects ,Jeffrey Snover Has accumulated experience in management technology and related solutions 30 Years of industry development experience , We also wish it better and better in the next journey .

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