A conversation about the original vision behind PowerShell, framed as a career growth path from GUI-based tasks to scripting to full software development. The discussion covers how PowerShell was designed to bridge the gap between system administrators and software engineers, drawing a contrast between the Windows model of separate developer and admin roles versus the Unix model where people fluidly do both. A study is referenced showing Windows had far fewer automatable tasks than Unix, and those that could be automated were 10x harder to accomplish.
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