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The Bionic Office

Posted by timothy on from the beats-this-motel6 dept.

hondo77 writes "Joel Spolsky has finally moved Fog Creek Software into their new digs. Read about what went into the design of "the ultimate software development environment" from your (my) cube and drool."

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  1. Re:Super ultra elite developers by mrtroy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I actually read it as (following the "architecture queen")
    'We have a gay team'
    'On a scale of one to gay, all of our developers are at least nine'
    'We hire only the top two percent. Of gay people.'
    Just teasing of course, but come on now, the 99.9th percentile?

    He must be using a MAGIC scale...with MAGIC!

    --
    [I can picture a world without war, without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it]
  2. Re:Aeron Chairs? by Pathetic+Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    His product is a bug tracking system?

    You can't even give away development tools today. He'll be out of business in nine months ...

  3. Re:Wrong approach by splattertrousers · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Yes, I know, true Extreme Programming requires 2 people in the same place.

    Don't worry, Joel doesn't understand true Extreme Programming so he won't make you do it.

    I'm not convinced that having somebody look over my shoulder while I'm typing increases productivity.

    You're 100% correct. That's why XP doesn't suggest that someone looks over your shoulder while you type. It suggests that you work with someone all the time. "Working with" != "being supervised by".