Joel on Software

2001/10/17

The worst part about coding in Visual Basic is that people think you're not cool because your code doesn't have {'s and }'s. I can live with the shame if it means I'm more productive.

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I’m Joel Spolsky, founder of Fog Creek Software, a New York company that proves that you can treat programmers well and still be highly profitable. Programmers get private offices, free lunch, and work 40 hours a week. Customers only pay for software if they’re delighted. We make FogBugz, an enlightened project management system designed to help great teams develop brilliant software, and Fog Creek Copilot, which makes remote desktop access easy.