Joel Spolsky
Person on 3 sites
Software developer and writer; co-founder of Fog Creek Software and Stack Overflow, and author of the Joel on Software blog, started in 2000.
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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5 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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An interviewer who cannot decide on a candidate should say No Hire. (opens korrents.com)
“Never say “Maybe, I can’t tell.” If you can’t tell, that means No Hire.”
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Brain-teaser questions tell an interviewer nothing about whether a candidate is smart and gets things done, only whether they have heard that teaser before. (opens korrents.com)
“With these questions knowing the answer just means you heard that brain teaser before. So as an interviewer, you don’t get any information about “smart/get things done” by figuring out if they happen to make a…”
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Interviewers should hear nothing about a candidate beforehand and should not compare notes until each has decided independently. (opens korrents.com)
“So: don’t listen to recruiters; don’t ask around about the person before you interview them; and never, ever talk to the other interviewers about the candidate until you’ve both made your decisions independently.”
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An interviewer who cannot decide on a candidate should say No Hire. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Founder's Dilemmas (opens rcmnd.app)
“Wasserman has finally put it all together in a great book called The Founder's Dilemmas, which I highly recommend if you're starting a company.”
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Rocket Surgery Made Easy (opens rcmnd.app)
“The sequel, Rocket Surgery Made Easy, is a terrific, short, concise, fun guide to running simple "hallway" usability tests to improve the usability of your software and websites. Highly recommended.”
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Don't Make Me Think (opens rcmnd.app)
“Steve Krug has written a follow up to his usability classic Don't Make Me Think.”
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The Founder's Dilemmas (opens rcmnd.app)