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Posted by Cliff on Tuesday June 22, @06:30PM
from the constructing-a-comfortable-working-environment dept.
xjrfx asks: 'I'm in charge of setting up a new office for my company. I want to make the place as worker friendly as possible, comfortable enough that long hours don't"
Fog Creek Software - About Fog Creek Software
Good software development talent is scarce. The really great developers — the ones who change the world — are hard to find, attract, and recruit. Yet when we looked around, we discovered that the very companies that whine about not being able to find developers have working environments so bad they make Dilbert's cubicle-land look like paradise.
Welcome to the SEMA Web site: "Welcome to the SEMA Web site
The Software Engineering Measurement and Analysis (SEMA) Web site presents the latest publications, presentations, and courses offered by the SEMA Initiative. Several online resources for exchanging best practices in software engineering are also available through this site."
Joel on Software - How Microsoft Lost the API War: "
How Microsoft Lost the API War
By Joel Spolsky
Sunday, June 13, 2004
Here's a theory you hear a lot these days: 'Microsoft is finished. As soon as Linux makes some inroads on the desktop and web applications replace desktop applications, the mighty empire will topple.'"
Joel on Software - The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code: "
The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code
By Joel Spolsky
Wednesday, August 09, 2000
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Have you ever heard of SEMA? It's a fairly esoteric system for measuring how good a software team is. No, wait! Don't follow that link! It will take you about six years just to understand that stuff. So I've come up with my own, highly irresponsible, sloppy test to rate the quality of a software team. The great part about it is that it takes about 3 minutes. With all the time you save, you can go to medical school."