Tyler Whitney
Senior Content Developer at Microsoft
Kirkland, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolTyler Whitney is a Senior Content Developer in Kirkland with nearly three decades of software and documentation experience and nine years focused on developer content at Microsoft. He specializes in C++ and the STL, C libraries, and tooling for Visual Studio and VS Code, translating complex compiler and runtime topics into practical reference and tutorial material. His background as a hands-on compiler and runtime engineer (Visual Basic compiler, VB runtime) gives him rare deep technical credibility for documentation and developer education. At Microsoft he has shaped docs for Windows, Azure, and embedded platforms, led content teams, and created training materials and video series that bridge developer outreach and product engineering. Colleagues rely on him for turning legacy code understanding and analytic insights into clear, consumable guidance that accelerates developer productivity.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Eastern New Mexico University
Github Skills (78)
visual-studio-mac10
windows10
cmake10
microsoft-azure10
visual-studio10
fabric10
microsoft-store10
wpf10
cpp10
msal10
trackpad10
dotnet10
windows-app-sdk10
visual-studio-extension10
visual-studio-for-mac10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
TylerMSFT/vscode-docs
Feb 2020 - Apr 2023
Public documentation for Visual Studio Code
Contributions:67 pushes, 27 branches in 3 years 1 month
vscodevscode-extensionvisual-studio-codevisual-studio
TylerMSFT/vscode-cmake-tools
Jun 2020 - Apr 2021
CMake integration in Visual Studio Code
Contributions:25 pushes, 5 branches in 10 months
cppcmakevisual-studio-codevscodevisual-studio
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