I will enter into judgment there for my people, my heritage israel, whom they scattered among the nations. I love how the name makes people refer to joel as joel on software. Joel spolsky has written an excellent essay titled five worlds differentiating various types of software. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover joels. Aug 14, 2014 we evaluated 58 leading metropolitan areas in eight categories.
Often products start out as internal products, then the business guys have the bright idea of selling it to other companies, but it is so brittle and makes so many assumptions about its environment that it takes. Joel on software motto jim rankin 38 software cultures jonas b. In the first room, everybody dealt with dough problems. He is the author of five books, including user interface design for programmers and smart and gets things done. Penn state event data project software falls into spolskys internal category it has been developed for a specific project and environment. Last week, joel joel on software spolsky wrote an article arguing that theres not much of a business case for developing mac software. Not surprising, given that his company only develops for windows, and that mr. Making all posts independent makes it easy to pick up the book every now and then, read one, and move on. As an independent, privatelyowned company, weve been making customers happy since the turn of the century.
This is a new selection of essays from the authors web site. We share what weve learned about how to make great software, both by writing about our ideas and by creating products, like fogbugz, trello and gomix, that help others make great technology. Joel spolsky started his web log in march 2000 in order to offer his. Jamaican software engineer, joel dean, joins wordpress, world. Joel 4 cjb for then, at that time, when i bible gateway. Vb is a very crappy language and sucks a lot more than lisp. You may accomplish only small changes, but sooner or later you will win. Penn state event data project software falls into spolskys internal category it has been developed for a. My first fulltime job was in an industrial bread bakery. Here is a growing list of all the software and tools that joel has ever used on stream. There is a large grey area between internal, consultingware, and shrinkwrap the three worlds are often a continuum. And on diverse and occasionally related matters that will prove of interest to software. All programmers, all people who want to enhance their knowledge of programmers, and all who are trying to manage programmers will surely relate to joels musings. Founder of fog creek software, which makes an html editorcontent manager called citydesk, and.
He is the author of joel on software, a blog on software development, and the creator of the project management software trello. Xsplit for recording streams and overlaying images and videos vinesauce rom corruptor. Rlucra karaoke tv high quality audio 1,335,654 views. Joel on software quotes fortunes cookies shlomi fishs. Xp and bug databases from five worlds article ilja preu. Lessons from 6 software rewrite stories herb caudill. We are very hard at work behind the scenes prepping a new website and we cannot wait to show you. Joel spolsky the five worlds of programming and software.
I am passionate about people, i love scalability, great user experience, thoughtful security, and elegant design patterns. For then, at that time, when i restore the fortunes of yhudah and yerushalayim, i will gather all nations and bring them down to the valley of yhoshafat adonai judges. When you read the latest book about extreme programming, or one of steve mcconnells excellent books, or joel on software, or software development magazine, you see a lot of claims about how to do software development. Its a remarkably helpful series of questions to help software teams measure their quality. The book is directed, as the title indicates, at a variety of different people, from pure coders to codeless managers, but mostly people who are somewhere in between. And on diverse and occasionally related matters that will prove of interest to software developers, designers, and managers, and to. Nikon d5 five inspired professional photographers with. He later founded fog creek software in 2000 and launched the joel on software blog. Joel spolsky is one of the leading thinkers and authors on contemporary commercial software. When american pop star billy joel set out to find his father in the 1970s, he never.
A team that fails the joel test may still make good products, but chances are itll take much longer and the workers will be miserable. When you read the latest book about extreme programming, or one of steve mcconnells excellent books, or joel on software, or software development magazine, you see a lot of claims about how to do software development, but you hardly ever see any mention of what kind of development theyre talking about. Joel spolsky is a globally recognized expert on the software development process. He was a program manager on the microsoft excel team between 1991 and 1994. And there are lots of developments outside that world.
Heres a nonexhaustive list of things i learned more about. However i learned plenty of stuff from joel on software and enjoyed the authors humour and approach on many topics. He later founded fog creek software in 2000 and launched the joel on. I also founded fog creek software, one of the most influential small tech companies in the world. May 06, 2002 five worlds rock star developer, news something important is almost never mentioned in all the literature about programming and software development, and as a result we sometimes misunderstand each other. Each month, more than 40 million professional and aspiring programmers visit stack overflow to ask and answer questions and find better jobs. Joel on software five whys february 7, 20 february 17, 20 daniel adeniji technical an issue i am tracking took me to joel on software blog, specifically. Spanning five countries, we have nearly 100 staff across thirteen offices, making us one of the largest independent acoustic consultancies. Joel on software is a collection of joels blog posts. Net questions citydesk user interface design for programmers by joel spolsky wednesday, october 24, 2001 printer friendly version chapter 1. Marshall day acoustics is one of the worlds leading acoustic consultancies.
Computational event data system software what to expect from this software. Methodology for determining the worlds most influential. Jamaican software architect and device expert, joel dean, has officially joined the wordpress company as a software engineer at automattic, owner of the popular wordpress blogging platform with more than 5 million active websites around the world that reaches over 1 billion users every month. When you read the latest book about extreme programming, or one of steve mcconnells excellent books, or joel on software, or software development magazine. He was a program manager on the microsoft excel team between. May 01, 2007 hiring recruiting the top 1 percent theres a better way to find and hire the very best employees.
Recruiting the top 1 percent joel spolsky fog creek. The percentage of the other global cities outside the citys region e. They drew lots for my people, traded boys for whores, sold girls for wine to. Joel himself originally described the test as highly irresponsible and sloppy but time and the internet disagreed and to this day teams are improving their quality by. Jamaican software engineer, joel dean, joins wordpress. Spolsky formerly worked for microsoft developing windows software. When youre starting out as a technical blogger, youll inevitably stumble across joel on software.
This is a summary for the blog by joel spolsky, joel on software, volume 2002. Like joel, i bootstrapped a software company to similar size 25 employees. Hes been blogging since the year 2000, when computers were handcarved of wood and the internet transmitted data via carrier pigeon. Contents of joel on software, the book joel on software. Software engineering stack exchange is a question and answer site for professionals, academics, and students working within the systems development life cycle. Methodology for determining the worlds most influential cities. Jan 01, 2004 most tech books get old and outofdate with time. Sep 21, 2002 on joel on software saturday, 21 september 2002. Avram joel spolsky born 1965 is a software engineer and writer. The summary for the years 20002010 can be found on the joel on software summary index page.
Jan 29, 2005 joel on software is a book about several things. Joel on software covers every conceivable aspect of software programmingfrom the best way to write code, to the best way to design an office in which to write code. For my day job, im the cofounder and ceo of stack overflow, the largest online community for programmers to learn, share their knowledge, and level up. It happens in the tcp protocol, one of the fundamental building blocks of the internet. Joel on software avram joel spolsky haftad 9781590593899. Joel spolsky someone once said that the task of a writer is to make the familiar new and the new familiar. Joel anderson po box365 grover beach, ca 934830365 usa. Something important is almost never mentioned in all the literature about programming and software development, and as a result we. There is a large grey area between internal, consultingware, and shrinkwrap the. Sep 11, 2006 11 sep 2006 has joel spolsky jumped the shark. Theres a key piece of magic in the engineering of the internet which you rely on every single day. Joel spolsky shared it with the world in the year 2000 and since then, it has helped countless software teams improve their build processes and ship better software. Joel anderson software engineer working at facebook. And on diverse and occasionally related matters that will prove of interest to software developers, designers, and managers, and to those who, whether by good fortune or ill luck, work with them in some capacity spolsky, joel on.
And on diverse and occasionally related matters that will prove of interest to software developers, designers, and managers, and to those who, whether by good fortune or ill luck, work with them in some. View joel andersons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. The quality of these essays is more uneven than in the first book, but there are nonetheless some true gems. Joel on software and on diverse and occasionally related. Joel spolsky shared it with the world in the year 2000 and since then, it has helped countless software teams improve their.
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