Joel on Software

2001/03/05

Normally I love Jakob Nielsen and can't wait to hear from him.

This week Jakob Nielsen posted an article that's supposed to tell you how to retain key staff. Now, I read the article again and again and it just doesn't say anything.  All it does is list a bunch of things and then asserts that they don't work.

For those of you who are feeling a bit empty after that, may I point you to:

• my article on attracting programmers
• my article on managing programmers
• the book Peopleware, far better than anything I could write. Managers who understand and implement the philosophies of Peopleware have virtually no turnover.

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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.