alt Hacker NewsI think the point is that he's not really active anymore, he's just relaying tales from his past.
I'd be very, very surprised if MS had Raymond motherfuckin' Chen looking at support queues in 2026.
I think the point is that he's not really active anymore, he's just relaying tales from his past.
I'd be very, very surprised if MS had Raymond motherfuckin' Chen looking at support queues in 2026.
He's telling stories from the past either way. The blog backlog isn't very important.
In an interview he said the backlog has varied from 3 to 18 months. Pretty negligible in terms of his career advancement. This isn't something he wrote ages ago.