Hello, world

One of the pleasures of working through the holidays, when few people are in the office, is to do tasks that I've been meaning to do for a long time.  So while the halls are virtually empty during this holiday week, I'm happy to start my blog and add my name to the long list of C# bloggers (https://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/team/blogs).

To get things started, I thought it would be useful for me to provide a brief bio.  My name is Scott Wiltamuth, and I’m the Product Unit Manager for Visual C#.  My group's mission is to grow a large and highly satisfied base of C# developers.  We have feature teams for the C# Compiler, CodeSense (meaning code-focused development features like IntelliSense, refactoring, automatic code formatting, expansions, etc.) and the Debugger (which we deliver as a shared component for Visual Studio -- it supports lots of languages, not just C#).

I've been at Microsoft since February 1993.  I started shortly after graduating from Stanford (BS in CS in '91, MS in CS in '92).  I have worked on a wide range of development tools, including OLE Automation, Visual Basic for Applications, VBScript, JScript, Visual J++, and Visual C#.  I've worked on C# since its inception, and am one of the designers of the C# language.  (Anders Hejlsberg is the Chief Designer of the language.)

On the personal side, I have a great family, including my wife Martha, my daughter Mimi (almost 5), and my son Ian (2 1/2).  In my spare time, I’m an avid triathlete and golfer.  (I'm no superman -- I don't have time to do both of these time-consuming sports justice, though I do try.)

--Scott

Comments

• Anonymous
  December 30, 2004
  C# rules!
  
• Anonymous
  December 30, 2004
  Hello Scott
  I am interested in knowing how does one create a blog on ones webpage. I manage and host my own IIS server. Thanks
  
  streetwhispers@streetwhispers.com
• Anonymous
  December 31, 2004
  Hey Man,
  
  Good work on C# love the language, perfect combination of c++, java and vb.
  
  With generics you guys are hitting the bulls eye, maybe this sounds too much, but you are doing service to mankind.
  
  Happy new year to you and your family!!
  
  Binoj Antony
  
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• Anonymous
  January 12, 2005
  Hey glad to see you in this game :) Give us some hints and insides on the C# language. Tell us something general public does not know :P
• Anonymous
  January 17, 2005
  streetwhispers asks above about starting a blog. There are lots of ways to do this, particularly if you managed your own server, but the easiest way to get going is to start with a hosted service like Microsoft's http://spaces.msn.com.
  
  --Scott
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  January 26, 2005
  Berkeley DB Java Edition 1.5.0 Released ... Kung-Log and JRoller Native desktop apps interacting with native server apps is the way to go. This week I figured I would try some of the weblog tools available on Mac OS X. Today the tool of choice is Kung-Log. It looks pretty sweet. Unfortunately, unlike NNW, I am unable to edit posts once they are on the server. Hmm...
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