false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169755330m/41786.jpg 41786 2 <P>This is a selection of essays from the author's Web site, http://www.joelonsoftware.com. Joel Spolsky started the web log in March 2000 in order to offer his insights, based on years of experience, on how to improve the world of programming. His extraordinary writing skills, technical knowledge, and caustic wit have made him a programming guru. This log has become infamous among the programming world, and is linked to more than 600 other websites and translated into 30+ languages!</P> <P></P> <P>This book covers every imaginable aspect of software programming, from the best way to write code to the best way to design an office in which to write code. The book will relate to all software programmers (Microsoft and Open Source), anyone interested in furthering their knowledge of programming, or anyone trying to manage a programmer. Spolsky will be writing an introduction for the book.</P> 41302 2 8 2004 Joel on Software: 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 total:159|5:48|4:83|3:27|2:1|1:0| 159 655 308 18 3 2 false false Mon Dec 03 18:00:11 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 12:02:26 -0800 2007 ought to be done. Sometimes I agree with him, sometim...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 19:36:18 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 15:58:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 21:00:17 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 21:14:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 27 23:49:24 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 25 02:47:14 -0800 2009
Spolsky's an insightful and relentlessly reasonable guy. Either that or he has a way of describing ideas that make them seem like the most natural thing in the world.

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I like most of what Joel says about the management/developer schism... however, there are times when he says some truly cringe-worthy things. There are some pseudo-technical paragraphs at the end of the book that seem to be jammed in as some half-hearted attempt to ap...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Jun 27 09:31:14 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 09:33:30 -0700 2008
At VanDamme we used the Joel test to gauge ourselves and went from a 2/12 to an 11/12.

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