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Is this a sign of the continued progression of GitHub to be further molded in Microsoft's image? Usually there's a churn in leadership when the alignment isn't
by 88913527 5y ago
Is this a sign of the continued progression of GitHub to be further molded in Microsoft's image? Usually there's a churn in leadership when the alignment isn't there anymore, though it's typically accompanied by graceful public communication.
- nyxaiur 5y agoHe had to stay on until he was free to leave under the microsoft acquisition contract. 2 years sound about right.
- tiffanyh 5y agoThat's not what happened here. Nat founded Xamarin which was acquired by Microsoft in 2016. Github was acquired in 2018 and Nat was already an Microsoft employee at time. So Nat departing now is actually 5 years post the Xamarin acquisition (when he joined Microsoft). https://www.linkedin.com/in/natfriedman/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/natfriedman/ EDIT: what's also interesting is that Thomas Dohmke joined Microsoft in 2015, moved to the Github division around the time of the acquisition (2018) but only became CPO 4 months ago.
- oaiey 5y agoThomas' own blog sounded a bit like he was the special task manager. So do not read too much into this 4 months.
- ksec 5y agoI wonder if he stick with Microsoft long enough would he have a chance of becoming the next M$ CEO.
- jassmith87 5y agoMany people within Microsoft felt that he was a clear contender for Satya's eventual successor.
- ksec 5y agoDamn. Satya is 54, within 10 years he could definitely be the CEO. But I guess most entrepreneur just dont like sticking around and not building.
- fragmede 5y agoWe don't actually know one way or another. Golden handcuffs are very common in the industry and it's very easy to imagine that becoming CEO of very public and important subdivision of a cloud company comes with a very large stock option grant. Easily 8-figures worth. When/how they expire are also a mystery to us. I'm sure he didn't get the standard engineer vesting schedule of 4-years with a 1-year cliff.
- supernovae 5y agoManagement changes all the time, People change all the time, hell, Microsoft has changed... If anything, Microsoft evolved around GitHub and it's for the better in doing so.
- junon 5y agoEmbrace, extend, extinguish still alive at MS it seems. E: Pointing out proven, explicitly-defined-in-internal-emails tactics used by Microsoft always seems to get downvoted on HN. Why? Would someone like to start a conversation?
- mpol 5y agoI'm with you, but this is not the topic.
- pkaye 5y agoStart a new discussion post instead of tagging into the current one.
- junon 5y agoMy comment is in direct response to the parent comment, so no. This is on-topic.
- zaphar 5y agoTactics that were true 20+ years ago are not necessarily still true today. The E E E trope is pithy and a shared cultural experience in our history. This does not immediately imply it is true now. You made no supporting argument as to why this announcement is an example of E E E. As such it contributed little to 0 content to the discussion. I suspect that is why you are getting downvoted in this instance.
- junon 5y agoI wasn't responding to the announcement. I responded to the comment above me.
- blackoil 5y agoContext or Details!! What will they extinguish Github??
- junon 5y ago
- minhazm 5y agoNat wasn't originally at Github. He was already at Microsoft through the Xamarin acquisition and was installed as Github CEO post acquisition.