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Avram Joel Spolsky is a software engineer and writer. He is the author of Joel on Software, a blog on software development, and the creator of the project management software Trello. He was a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team between 1991 and 1994. He later founded Fog Creek Software in 2000 and launched the Joel on Software blog. In 2008, he launched the Stack Overflow programmer Q&A site in collaboration with Jeff Atwood. Using the Stack Exchange software product which powers Stack Overflow, the Stack Exchange Network now hosts over 170 Q&A sites. Wikipedia  

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Famous Joel Spolsky Quotes

“Smart, and Gets Things Done”

Joel Spolsky

"The Guerilla Guide to Interviewing" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/GuerrillaInterviewing3.html

“The secret of Big Macs is that they're not very good, but every one is not very good in exactly the same way.”

Joel Spolsky

"Big Macs vs. The Naked Chef" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000024.html

“Beware of Methodologies. They are a great way to bring everyone up to a dismal, but passable, level of performance, but at the same time, they are aggravating to more talented people who chafe at the restrictions that are placed on them.”

Joel Spolsky

"Big Macs vs. The Naked Chef" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000024.html

“Remember, just because Microsoft can do something, doesn't mean you can. Microsoft makes their own gravity. Normal rules don't apply to them.”

Joel Spolsky

"Our .NET Strategy" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Our.NetStrategy.html

“Most college students, fortunately, are brash enough never to bother asking their elders for advice, which, in the field of computer science, is a good thing, because their elders are apt to say goofy, antediluvian things like "the demand for keypunch operators will exceed 100,000,000 by the year 2010" and "lisp careers are really very hot right now."”

Joel Spolsky

"Advice for Computer Science College Students" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CollegeAdvice.html

“People ridiculously overvalue aesthetics and beauty when evaluating products. It's one of the reasons iPods, and, for that matter, Keanu Reeves, are so successful.”

Joel Spolsky

"The Road to FogBugz 4.0: Part IV" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogBugzIV.html

“Full service brokers, in this day and age of low cost mutual funds and discount brokers, are really nothing more than machines for ripping off retail investors.”

Joel Spolsky

"Wall Street Survival 101" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/WallSt101.html

“If something seems possible, that's probably because someone is already doing it. When something seems that it can't possibly work, nobody tries it. Real innovation happens when someone tries anyway, overlooking an obvious flaw, and finds a way to make an idea work.”

Joel Spolsky

"How Hard Could It Be? Inspired Misfires, Personal Development Article" http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080201/how-hard-could-it-be-inspired-misfires_pagen_2.html

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