GitHub CEO Thomas Dhomke recently revealed that he has made it clear that using the company’s platform is a mandatory part of the job for all employees. Speaking in a recent ‘Decoder’ podcast, the GitHub CEO said that it is clear that GitHub is non-negotiable for employees at the company. “There is no world where I would allow employees to say, ‘Well, sorry, I don’t want to use GitHub.’ If that is the case, you can go work somewhere else.” This rule of the company highlights GitHub’s commitment to its own platform which hosts more than 1 billion repositories and also serve more than 150 million developers globally.
Thomas Dohmke’s messages to employees: Everybody at GitHub uses GitHub
As reported by Business Insider, during the recent podcast interview, Thomas Dohmke said that it is a rule at GitHub that all the employees will use the platform. The rule applies to everyone from developers to HR professionals. “There is no world where I would allow for somebody to say, ‘Well, sorry, I don’t want to use GitHub.’ And I think that’s fair game if the employee doesn’t want that, then there’s tens of thousands of other tech companies out there where they can have that,” he said.“But it’s part of our company culture that everybody at GitHub uses GitHub.”Under Thomas Dohmke’s leadership, GitHub witnessed massive growth from a code-hosting platform to a hub for AI-powered development. The company’s flagship product, GitHub Copilot, now boasts over 20 million users and has introduced features like conversational coding, asynchronous agents, and full-stack app generation.
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Dhomke also emphasised that GitHub is not just a tool but it’s a developer ecosystem.
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke resigns
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke recently resigned from his position, triggering a major restructuring for the company. After nearly four years at the helm, Dohmke is stepping down signaling his departure from both GitHub and Microsoft. Following his resignation, Microsoft is moving GitHub directly into its new CoreAI team. Reportedly, Microsoft will not replace Dohmke’s CEO role, effectively ending GitHub’s status as a separate entity and integrating it fully into its operations.“Still, after all this time, my startup roots have begun tugging on me and I’ve decided to leave GitHub to become a founder again,” Dohmke said.“I’ll be staying through the end of 2025 to help guide the transition and am leaving with a deep sense of pride in everything we’ve built as a remote-first organization spread around the world,” he added.
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