---
title: "Sam Blackshear on How Move Empowers Builders"
description: "Sam Blackshear designed Move to give developers the best possible experience."
author: "Sam Blackshear"
datePublished: 2024-05-15
dateModified: 2026-07-30
category: "Developer Resources"
readTime: "1 min"
canonical: https://www.sui.io/blog/move-empowerment-sam-blackshear
---

# Sam Blackshear on How Move Empowers Builders

The Move programming language offers an intuitive coding experience, letting developers quickly come up to speed. Sam Blackshear, Co-Founder and CTO at Mysten Labs, created Move as a language for writing smart contracts that feels more like traditional programming languages, such as JavaScript or Rust. 

Continuing development on Move improves its efficiency and the developer experience. Migrate to [Move 2024](https://github.com/tnowacki/sui/blob/ccbf0c4b86112886abbbea25b7991dd5decd1f0f/docs/content/guides/developer/advanced/move-2024-migration.mdx) today!