Joel on Software

2001/11/27

The last few days before shipping a product should be extremely quiet, as the rate of incoming bugs approaches zero. That's where we are now. I've been putting the final touches on a new version of Fog Creek's website (you can see a sneak preview here) and taking the word "Beta" out of the code wherever it appears. We're likely to go live this week -- exactly according to the schedule we set for ourselves six months ago.

College students: my company has paid summer internships in New York City, including free housing, free lunch, and the chance to develop software people will really use, with great mentors on interesting projects. Don't miss this chance of a lifetime. We only have a few spaces and they always go fast, so apply today.

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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.