Microsoft demoted Snover for inventing Powershell

Stefan Mileschin · 12th May 2022, 07:57

Sorry Cato, companies do not reward courage

PowerShell inventor Jeffrey Snover has aired some grievances about how his indispensable tool once got him demoted.

PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management program from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and the associated scripting language. While it is pretty important now, Snover was warned by his mate Kevin Kean -- who served as director of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) in the mid-2000s -- not to reveal PowerShell, as it may not well be received.

He pressed on and Kean was correct, he was demoted. Rather than leaving Snover stuck around and eventually, Vole saw the value of his ideas. He never even mentioned the demotion until he was promoted to Distinguished Engineer in March 2009. Snover contrasted Microsoft's policy for company-related passion projects to Google's famous 20 per cent rule.

https://fudzilla.com/news/54833-micr...ing-powershell

12th May 2022, 07:57	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	Microsoft demoted Snover for inventing Powershell Sorry Cato, companies do not reward courage PowerShell inventor Jeffrey Snover has aired some grievances about how his indispensable tool once got him demoted. PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management program from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and the associated scripting language. While it is pretty important now, Snover was warned by his mate Kevin Kean -- who served as director of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) in the mid-2000s -- not to reveal PowerShell, as it may not well be received. He pressed on and Kean was correct, he was demoted. Rather than leaving Snover stuck around and eventually, Vole saw the value of his ideas. He never even mentioned the demotion until he was promoted to Distinguished Engineer in March 2009. Snover contrasted Microsoft's policy for company-related passion projects to Google's famous 20 per cent rule. https://fudzilla.com/news/54833-micr...ing-powershell

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