Summary: Never miss an episode! Subscribe in iTunes: Audio (http://bit.ly/TwiStA) || Video (http://bit.ly/TwiStV) Audible.com® is a leading provider of spoken audio information and entertainment. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Visit http://audible.com/twist (http://audible.com/twist) for your free audiobook. When I say "beautiful website", you say "Squarespace!" visit http://squarespace.com/twist (http://squarespace.com/twist) and enter the promo code TWIST7 to save 10%. Filmed at WeWork NYC, Jason chats with Joel Spolsky about the developer community, recruiting and culture. Show out guests some love! http://twitter.com/spolsky (http://twitter.com/spolsky) http://joelonsoftware.com (http://joelonsoftware.com) 0:02:30 When did you start Fog Creek? 0:02:45 What was the first product you built? 0:03:00 Why were developers treated it poorly 0:03:45 What was the tipping point in culture when people saw developers as creating the future? 0:05:15 Why was Lotus Noes so cutting edge? 0:07:30 This episode is brought to you by Squarespace! 0:13:45 How do you know if your idea is too early? 0:14:45 What did Stack Overflow get right that everyone else got wrong? 0:17:00 What were people using before? 0:17:30 Why is the web still strong? 0:18:15 When did Stack Overflow launch? 0:20:15 How has raising venture capital worked out? 0:22:00 How did you reconcile? 0:22:30 Is it a negative to a VC to have another business? 0:22:45 How many uniques do you get per month? 0:26:15 Thank you to audible for sponsoring the show! 0:30:30 How do you make revenue? 0:31:30 What kind of CPM is that? 0:31:45 What about ads? 0:32:15 Why does the advertising keep growing? 0:33:00 How much are the ads? 0:34:00 Did you ever raise a B round? 0:34:45 What's the future of the company? IPO? Sell? 0:35:30 Do you have a personal goal for the company? 0:37:00 Why wouldn't you sell to LinkedIn? 0:38:15 Why is there adversion to contingency recruiters? 0:40:30 Will you start building out skill assessment? 0:41:15 What is the state of demand for developers today? 0:42:15 Do you think the market will ever collapse & we won't need developers? 0:43:00 What should developers get paid? 0:43:30 What should a senior developer get paid? 0:44:00 How important is the mission for developers? 0:44:45 Do developers make a decision based on job perks? 0:47:00 What is Trello? 0:52:45 Do you implement the point systems? 0:53:30 Does weighing the importance of features make employees feel empowered? 0:54:15 What is your opinion on time tracking? 0:56:00 Should you concentrate on the highest priorities first? 0:58:00 What's a Monte Carlo simulation? 0:59:45 What percentage of people do this? 1:00:00 Why do developers react negatively? 1:00:30 What's a reasonable amount of time a coder should code a day? 1:01:30 What is the number of hours it takes to solve programming problems? 1:02:00 What is going on during the other hours? 1:02:30 What is the top percentile of people can code per hour? 1:03:15 How would you organize a programmer's time? 1:04:30 What do you think developers are putting in at Google & Yahoo? 1:05:00 How do you know how productive a developer is? 1:06:15 What do you think of Google's performance? 1:07:45 Do you think Apple's approval process is sustainable? 1:08:15 Do you think Apple will have a groundbreaking product again? 1:10:00 You don't think the Apple watch would be innovative? 1:11:00 Will we be talking about Facebook 10 years from now? 1:11:30 Do you get value from Facebook? 1:12:00 What do you think about Amazon? 1:22:00 Has Google started webclipping content? 1:26:45 Do you ever think about blocking Google? 1:27:30 What startup has been most intriguing to you this year? 1:28:30 What technology will have the biggest impact in the next 5 years? 1:30:00 You use Google Hangout for remote developers? 1:34:45 Thanks to our sponsors! Follow @spolsky & @trello. Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jason (http://twitter.com/jason)
