Joel: Five Easy Ways to Fail (in a Software Project)

Re:Joel: Five Easy Ways to Fail (in a Software Project) by hello_moto on Thursday October 25, 2007 @01:08PM (#72575)

Joel's experience working for Microsoft shaped his mind. It has been MS trademark to start slow but building a _SURE_ thing with good architecture (security is a different story).

How old is MS Office now?

Compare that with Silicon Valley startup mentality: code like crazy, take shortcuts, release early, flipped your company and let the new hires figured out the mess.

(Or you could opt for re-writes like the Reddit people have been doing since their inception).

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Re:Joel: Five Easy Ways to Fail (in a Software Project) by michaelneale on Thursday October 25, 2007 @05:05PM (#72665)

Also startups are short bursts relatively speaking, coding binges etc. He is talking about something sustainable for a career (of sorts).

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Re:Joel: Five Easy Ways to Fail (in a Software Project) by testapplication on Thursday October 25, 2007 @08:09PM (#72736)

Do you know anything about the early history of Microsoft?

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Re:Joel: Five Easy Ways to Fail (in a Software Project) by palish on Friday October 26, 2007 @12:12PM (#72924)

Was Joel working for Microsoft during its early history?

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Re:Joel: Five Easy Ways to Fail (in a Software Project) by timr on Friday October 26, 2007 @12:55PM (#72933)

Yes. He was responsible for VBA in Excel, amongst other things.

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