I'm at Fog Creek, and we're introducing Gomix

Re:I'm at Fog Creek, and we're introducing Gomix by twblalock on Saturday December 31, 2016 @05:03AM (#13290417)

> I used to really respect Joel Spolsky. I've read all of his stuff and really liked it.

After reading the rest of your post, I'm not sure why.

Joel Spolsky always seemed to me like he was all hat and no cattle -- he had rather strong opinions (and a high opinion of himself) for someone who ran a small company that never did anything of significance.

He has always seemed rather fixated on some kind of superiority complex and separating good programmers from bad, but why should anyone believe that he is one of the good ones? What is he an authority on -- writing software nobody wants to use?

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Re:I'm at Fog Creek, and we're introducing Gomix by B1FF_PSUVM on Saturday December 31, 2016 @08:00AM (#13290844)

He wrote the spec for Excel and Gates didn't scream at him, according to his own account: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/06/16/my-first-billg-rev...

(A good read, like most any one of his pieces - nothing wrong with his writing talent, obviously ...)

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