Joel Spolsky

Born

The United States

Website

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/

Genre

Computers & Internet, Professional & Technical, Business & Investing

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Joel Spolsky's Blog

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The next CEO of Stack Overflow

Big news! We’re looking for a new CEO for Stack Overflow. I’m stepping out of the day-to-day and up to the role of Chairman of the Board.

Stack Overflow has been around for more than a decade. As I look back, it’s really amazing how far it has come.

Only six months after we had launched Stack Overflow, my co-founder Jeff Atwood and I were invited to speak at a Microsoft conference for developer...

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Joel Spolsky’s books

Average rating: 4.03 · 5,330 ratings · 316 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Joel on Software 4.10 avg rating — 3,043 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent 4.01 avg rating — 960 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky by Joel Spolsky (Selections), Gary Cornell (Editor) 3.85 avg rating — 622 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts 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 4.03 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	User Interface Design for Programmers 3.81 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beginning Mercurial really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality by Bob Walsh, Joel Spolsky (Foreword) 3.61 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Joel Spolsky

“If you can’t understand the spec for a new technology, don’t worry: nobody else will understand it either, and the technology won’t be that important.”
― Joel Spolsky

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“Listen to your customers, not your competitors.”
― Joel Spolsky

tags: business, lean-startup

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“An idea isn't worth that much. It's the execution of the idea that has value. If you can't convince one other person that this is something to devote your life to, then it's not worth it.”
― Joel Spolsky

tags: inspirational

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