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My First BillG Review by Joel Spolsky
"He was flipping through the spec! [Calm down, what are you a little girl?]
... and THERE WERE NOTES IN ALL THE MARGINS. ON EVERY PAGE OF THE SPEC. HE HAD READ THE WHOLE GODDAMNED THING AND WRITTEN NOTES IN THE MARGINS.
He Read The Whole Thing! [OMG SQUEEE!]
The questions got harder and more detailed."
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/06/16.html
There is a nice little koan about technical management in that essay too: "he just wants to make sure .."
* Note - submitted this last night but should have put it in the original comment - my submissions auto-bury themselves.
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My First BillG Review by Joel Spolsky
"He was flipping through the spec! [Calm down, what are you a little girl?]
... and THERE WERE NOTES IN ALL THE MARGINS. ON EVERY PAGE OF THE SPEC. HE HAD READ THE WHOLE GODDAMNED THING AND WRITTEN NOTES IN THE MARGINS.
He Read The Whole Thing! [OMG SQUEEE!]
The questions got harder and more detailed."
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/06/16.html
There is a nice little koan about technical management in that essay too: "he just wants to make sure .."
* Note - submitted this last night but should have put it in the original comment - my submissions auto-bury themselves.