Sal Soghoian, Apple's Product Manager for Automated Technologies for nearly 20 years, he has seen how his position has been discontinued from one day to the next. Soghoian, in an interview with the medium Mac Observer, assured the fact while attending a conference in San Francisco. The information was also posted on its official website.
Apparently, Apple has eliminated said position in which Sal had been developing his work since January 1997. Among his most prominent jobs for the Cupertino-based company highlights its involvement in tools such as Automator, Apple Configurator, Apple Events, and different scripts for iWork, Mail, etc, ...
When asked about the echo of this news:
"It is true. I joined Apple in January 1997, almost 20 years ago, out of my deep belief that the power of a computer must reside in the hands of the user. That idea remains my truth to this day. Recently, I was informed that my position as Product Manager for Automated Technologies was going to be eliminated for commercial reasons. Consequently, I am no longer an Apple employee. But still my idea of how this all works remains intact. "
As mentioned above, Soghoian was responsible for advancing a multitude of technology for Apple, such as UNIX CLI (shell, python, ruby, perl), Apple Events, JavaScript, AppleScript, Automator, Apple Configurator, including scripts for Photos, iWork, Finder, Mail and other company programs.
Since Apple eliminated this position from its ranks, numerous rumors have come to light about what this step taken by the North American company means. Soghoian invites us to direct these questions to the multinational, since he does not explain the reason for this new movement.
Be that as it may, Sal talks about the future of user automation services and the important role that they will continue to play in the future:
“Third-party apps are great, emojis are fun, but there is nothing like automation tools.«
And they just put it on the street? That awful. You are sure to be a valuable expert.