Sy Brand

Sy Brand is Microsoft's C++ Developer Advocate. With more than 10 years' experience in developer tooling, they've worked on profilers, compilers, language runtimes, standard libraries, and, of course, debuggers. They've also contributed to the standards for C++, DWARF, and HSA. They graduated from the University of St Andrews with a 1st class degree in computer science, where they specialized in compiler implementation. Outside the world of technology, they are a published poet, maker of...See more

Sy Brand is Microsoft's C++ Developer Advocate. With more than 10 years' experience in developer tooling, they've worked on profilers, compilers, language runtimes, standard libraries, and, of course, debuggers. They've also contributed to the standards for C++, DWARF, and HSA. They graduated from the University of St Andrews with a 1st class degree in computer science, where they specialized in compiler implementation. Outside the world of technology, they are a published poet, maker of experimental films and music, activist, and parent to three cats and one entire human. See less