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Joel Spolsky

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Avram Joel Spolsky (born November 10, 1965)[1] is a software engineer and writer. He is the author of Joel on Software, a blog on software development. He was a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team between 1991 and 1994 and later founded Fog Creek Software.

Early life and education[]

Spolsky grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico and lived there until he was 15.[2] He then moved with his family to Jerusalem, Israel, where he attended high school and did his military service as a paratrooper.[2] He was one of the founders of Kibbutz Hanaton in Upper Galilee.[3] In 1987, he returned to the United States to attend college. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania for a year before transferring to Pierson College, Yale University, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1991 with a B.S. in computer science.[2]

Career[]

Spolsky started working at Microsoft in 1991[4] as a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team, where he designed Excel Basic and drove Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications strategy.[5] He moved to New York City in 1995 where he worked for Viacom and Juno Online Services.[2] In 2000, he founded Fog Creek Software and created the Joel on Software blog[4] which he discontinued on March 18, 2010, the tenth anniversary of the blog.[6] Joel on Software was "one of the first blogs set up by a business owner".[7]

Spolsky collaborated with Jeff Atwood to co-found Stack Overflow in 2008, a free question and answer community website for software developers.[8]

He is the author of five books, including User Interface Design for Programmers and Smart and Gets Things Done. He is also the creator of "The Joel Test".[9]

Publications[]

  • User Interface Design for Programmers, Apress, 2001. ISBN 1-893115-94-1
  • Joel on Software: And 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, Apress, 2004. ISBN 1-59059-389-8
  • The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky, Apress, 2005. ISBN 1-59059-500-9
  • Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent, Apress, 2007. ISBN 1-59059-838-5
  • More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and to Those Who, Whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity, Apress, 2008. ISBN 1430209879

References[]

  1. ↑ Wilk, Ales (2022-11-17). "Joel Spolsky Net Worth & Source of Income". Starter Story. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Spolsky, Joel (October 30, 2005). "About Joel Spolsky". Joel On Software. Retrieved 2007-02-02. 
  3. ↑ Spolsky, Joel. "Joel Spolsky". joel.spolsky.com. Retrieved 2007-02-04. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Livingston, Jessica (January 22, 2007). "Interview: Joel Spolsky Co-Founder, Fog Creek Software". Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days. Apress. Retrieved 2007-02-04. 
  5. ↑ "An Interview with Joel Spolsky". SoftLetter.com. Retrieved 2007-09-21. 
  6. ↑ "Podcast #83". The Overflow. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-02-19. 
  7. ↑ "How Hard Could it Be". Inc.. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
  8. ↑ Atwood, Jeff (April 16, 2008). "Introducing Stackoverflow.com". Coding Horror. Retrieved August 4, 2013. 
  9. ↑ The Joel Test, Joel on Software. 2000-08-09.

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