Some Great News!
Posted by Nicholas Blumhardt | July 17, 2008 07:14
I am extremely happy to be able to announce that I'm joining Krzysztof Cwalina's team at Microsoft!
My position will be Program Manager, and our team is building MEF (the Managed Extensibility Framework) along with other projects.
MEF is really exciting - it's set to be a unique and very useful addition to the .NET Framework. Krzysztof and his team have a great vision for this project, and the opportunity to contribute directly is out of this world.
What makes this doubly exciting is that one of the visionaries of the ALT.NET world, Hamilton Verissimo, founder of the Castle Project, announced last night that he too is joining the team.
Triply exciting is that P&P guru Glen Block followed hot on the heels of Hamilton's announcement with news that he is doing the same.
What does this mean for Autofac? Like Hamilton and Castle, I'll still be able to contribute to Autofac, so there's no need to fear for its future. Moving, exploring the United States, and the new job are obviously going to consume a vast amount of my time, so if you're interested in propelling Autofac forwards there has never been a better time to lend a hand!
Right now there is a lot of organising to do - it is a big move and the next couple of months are going to be really, really busy. (Extra special thanks, Suzi, for helping out so much and putting up with all the mania!)
If you're in the Seattle area I'd love to hear from you - I'll be in the country by early September, so drop me a line!
Comments
Posted by Some Dude | July 16, 2008 21:36
That is great news Nick. Congratulations!
Posted by Jeremy Gray | July 16, 2008 21:55
Seems to me like the giant sucking sound is chasing after the .net IoC/DI developers out there. I wonder how long it'll take to grab the likes of Nate Kohari, Jeremy Miller, etc.? ;)
Congrats Nick!
Posted by Glenn Block | July 16, 2008 21:58
This is getting more an more exciting by the minute ;)
Well done!
Posted by OJ | July 16, 2008 22:13
Congratulations Nic, MS have made a good move in hiring you. Good luck in Redmond :)
Congratulations!
Posted by Nate Kohari | July 16, 2008 23:50
Wow, I was surprised when Hamilton got his blue badge, but you too, Nick? Well, congratulations, and if you ever need a ninja-loving DI enthusiast on your team, give me a call. ;)
MEF is the winner
Posted by Luke Marshall | July 17, 2008 00:00
Congrats mate! MEF is going to be awesome with you and all those other talented people on it. I'm definitely going to keep an eye on that project!
Posted by Nick | July 17, 2008 01:42
Thanks, guys :)
One Ring to Rule Them All (MEF)
Posted by Alex | July 17, 2008 05:21
Congrats, but why do I feel sad that so many great open source projects are going to without doubt stagnate and wither away? Diversity is good, non-diversity is bad. I guess we will soon have One Ring To Rule Them All - too bad if you don't like it.
From Surf bored to Snow board ...
Posted by G|o S|co | July 17, 2008 06:59
now that the way to do it! ;p
Way to go!
Posted by wekempf | July 17, 2008 14:52
To both you, and Microsoft. When MEF was initially announced, I had severe reservations. The original stuff was a bit questionable to me. It seemed like a "toy" IoC container at best. I want something in the BCL very badly, but I don't want something over-engineered or under-capable. Unity is the former (ObjectBuilder is a mess, IMO, and basing Unity on it was therefore a mistake) and it seemed MEF was going to be the latter. Seeing all of the bright people being hired to work on MEF has made me excited, though. Go build us something to be proud to have in the BCL.
Awesome news and congrats!
Posted by Gang | July 18, 2008 04:13
Looking forward to seeing/using MEF and other great works from you!!! Well done, mate!
Posted by Slava | July 19, 2008 01:49
hey. congratulations! good luck in everything there.
Wow!
Posted by Denver Gibson | July 27, 2008 07:59
Excellent stuff Nick, I knew you'd go far. Didn't think it would be geographically, but that's cool too!!
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Congrats!
Posted by Sean Scally | July 16, 2008 21:36
Wow, that's great news! Congratulations! Good move for Microsoft, too, to be bringing in so many of the Alt.NET contributors.