Joel on software talk at yale

Silverman is a lecturer in american studies and english at yale and has been the dean of morse since 2007. This is part three of the text of a talk delivered to the yale computer science department on november 28. Joel spolsky, he of joel on software, is someone that ive admired for a long time. Avram joel spolsky born 1965 is a software engineer and writer.

He earned his phd in american studies at the university of texas at austin. The site consists of fairly unoriginal thoughts, combined with jokes. January 2009 edited february 2009 in yale university. Apr 27, 2020 since its founding in 1701, yale university has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations. Since its founding in 1701, yale university has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations. Since the release of the bestselling title joel on software in 2004, requests for a sequel have been relentless. Birnbaum, senior vice president of research and development at hewlettpackard laboratories, will present the next sheffield fellowship address at yale university. This guy gives his date a feel under the table while telling her about a guy that committed suicide. He was a program manager on the microsoft excel team between 1991 and 1994. We feel it is safe to say that this is the most useful book you will buy this year. Further thoughts on diverse and occasionally related matters that will prove of interest to software developers, designers, and managers, and to those who, whether by good fortune or ill luck, work with them in some capacity book.

The best software writing i selected and introduced by joel. Jul 08, 2019 getting into prestigious schools is suspiciously easy for some. Joels prophecy has an unexpectedly familiar ring to it. Culture, american biography, and early cold war culture. I am codirector of the yale institute for network science yins. But as the business matures, ive come to realize that blogging is holding me back. Joel rosenbaum born october 4, 1933 is a professor of cell biology at yale university rosenbaum received his bachelors degree from syracuse university in 1955, and later his m. With a nod to both the serious and funny sides of technical writing, the best software writing i. So, we went back to the famed archives and pulled out a new batch of favorites, many of which have been downloaded over one million times. Joel spolsky is a globally recognized expert on the software development process. Wrong code look wrong ist zwar dabei, jedoch auch z. Ceo, stack exchange network cofounder, stack overflow, fog creek software and trello. Containing a collection of allnew articles from the original, more joel on software has even more of an edge than the original, and the tips for running a business or managing people have far broader application than the software industry. And on diverse and occasionally related matters that will prove of interest to software developers, designers, and managers, and to those who, whether by good fortune or ill luck, work with them in some capacity spolsky, joel on.

Joel on software painless functional specifications part. Wesley has over 25 years of programming, teaching, and writing experience, and was one of the original yahoo. Michael hoak hosts with jessica holahan discussing all things art and architecture and occasional appearances by yale university press. Titled after the internet, his talk will be presented tuesday, feb. After a few years in redmond, washington, during which i completely failed to adapt to my environment, i beat a hasty retreat to new york city. This is part two of the text of a talk delivered to the yale computer science department on november 28. Free and open to the public, the talk will be followed by a reception. I spend a lot of my time programming, and its affecting my college. This is a summary for the blog by joel spolsky, joel on software, volume 2007. It was successful because i used a slightly larger font than the average website, making it easy to read. In his speech, spolsky talks about how software is eating the world, how it is.

Dec 04, 2007 joel spolskys recent talk at yale has some interesting bits on software quality. Further thoughts on diverse and occasionally related matters that will prove of interest to software developers, designers, and managers, and to those who, whether by good fortune or ill luck, work with them. But the more closely your work is aligned with a revenue center, the better treatment youll get. Furtek follows in the footsteps of tom taft and jerry romano, who worked with the crew program for 38 and 42 years, respectively. Joel spolsky, ceo and cofounder of stack overflow, is a globally recognized expert on software development and is. Michael hoak hosts with jessica holahan discussing all things art and architecture and occasional appearances by. He holds degrees in cs, math, and music from the university of california, and is a fellow of the python software foundation. Yes, you are in what is called a cost center that doesnt get the same management priority as a revenue center. Lets take this offline a decade ago, i started joel on software, a blog that put my company on the map. Anchor yale bible commentary aybc 9780300141160 by joel marcus.

So, we went back to the famed archives and pulled out a new batch. Closed captioning has been provided for a number of yale law schools recent videos and will be provided on an ongoing basis in the future. This guy gives his date a feel under the table while telling. The best software writing i selected and introduced by. You may establish yale authentication now in order to access protected services later. Look here for more information about the major in statistics and data science, or contact the dus, sekhar tatikonda. Talk of the process of building toward those achievements was rare. His web site joel on software is popular with software developers around the world and has been translated into over 30 languages. Further thoughts on diverse and occasionally related matters that will prove of interest to software developers, designers, and managers, and to those who, whether by. Dec 05, 2007 joel on software grew quickly and gave me a pulpit where i could write about software development and actually get some people to pay attention to what i was saying.

I would engage joel at the next opportunity i have. He later founded fog creek software in 2000 and launched the joel on. Joel graduated from yale university with a computer science degree. Joel s prophecy has an unexpectedly familiar ring to it. This is a summary for the blog by joel spolsky, joel on software.

In hitting the high notes joel spolsky examines the yale cs323 statistics reporting. What i do on joel on softwarewriting articles about somewhat technical topicsis something i learned here in the cs department, too. Joel spolsky is the founder of fog creek software, a small software company in new york city. I despaired of finding a company to work for where programmers were treated like talent and not like typists, and decided i would have to start my own. Lots of stuff he has mentioned years ago, but slightly refined fine with me joel always makes me optimistic that things can be better and should be and will be. Joe yalelooking guy in the catcher in the rye shmoop. Hewlettpackard executive to deliver next sheffield lecture. Joel furtek 90 returns to crew program yale daily news. What im going to try to do today is relate my undergraduate years in the cs department to my career, which consists of developing software, writing about software, and starting a software company.

Joel spolskys recent talk at yale has some interesting bits on software quality. He is the author of joel on software, a blog on software development, and the creator of the project management software trello. Joel on software i noticed that the really good program managers at microsoft were the ones who could write really well. You wont agree with all of it, but youll spend a lot of time thinking, and thats the first step. As operations coordinator, he is responsible for maintaining and modifying the equipment for the. I ve also written four books, do a lot of arduino stuff, and talk too much about. At this talk at yale law school on january 22, 2018, he discussed and read from the book. Dec 03, 2007 the rest of the talk will be published tomorrow and wednesday. This is part one of the text of a talk delivered to the yale computer science department on november 28. In this talk aviran mordo, head of engineering at wix and a. Some things about computer science at yale havent changed in a very long time. How i launched a podcast at yale som yale school of.

He graduated from yale university, and has worked as a programmer and manager at microsoft, viacom, and juno. Im your host, joel spolsky, responsible for just about everything on this site. Part 1 of 3 joel on software there must be a bunch from cmu and cornell as well. Getting into prestigious schools is suspiciously easy for some. In 2000 i cofounded fog creek software, where we created lots. Joel spolsky since the release of the bestselling title joel on software in 2004, requests for a sequel have been relentless. We talked a little about school projects, and he was very dissappointed. With a nod to both the serious and funny sides of technical writing.

More joel on software further thoughts on diverse and. With joels newest book, more joel on software, youll get an even better not to mention updated feast of joels opinions and impressions on software development, software design, running a software business, and so much more. And on diverse and occasionally related matters that will. I am a sterling professor of computer science and a professor statistics and data science and of mathematics at yale university. The quality of these essays is more uneven than in the first book, but there are nonetheless some true gems. In 1989 yale was pretty good at ai, and one of the big name professors, roger schank, came and gave a little talk at hillel about some of his ai theories about scripts and schemas and slots and all that kind of stuff. For further information, call yale hillel at 43214. Talk at yale quality of software cant be measured in an automated way because automated tests wont measure some of the most important aspects of software. Tuesday, december 04, 2007 this is part two of the text of a talk delivered to the yale computer science department on november 28. Spolsky on software on both sides of the table both sides of the. Joel selanikio, md speaker agency, speaking fee, videos. The biblical book of joel is relevant to our latetwentiethcentury world because it confronts an age when people tolerated almost anything, did not want someone telling them how to live their lives, and had difficulty distinguishing right from wrong. The approach is scholarly, the perspective is balanced and fairminded, the methods are scientific, and the goal is to inform and enlighten. More joel on software continues where the first left off great advice on software development from an in the trenches practioner.

Frustrated by the lack of wellwritten essays on software engineering, joel spolsky of. Microsoft flipped its corporate strategy 180 degrees based on a single compelling email that steve sinofsky wrote called cornell is wired. I never felt more satisfaction in any decision than on the one to bring joel onboard. I served as a paratrooper in the israeli army, graduated from yale university in. Like its predecessor, more joel on software, by joel spolsky, is a collection of essays that had been published in the joel on software blog. This was a much more interesting and painfully accurate portion of the talk i assume it is just one talk, just reporting it in 3 parts. For religious scholars, pastors, and interested lay people alike, the book provides an accessible and enlightening window on the second of the canonical gospels. Wix engineering is proud to host joel spolsky, stack overflows ceo and co founder. The anchor yale bible reference library is designed to be a third major component of the anchor yale bible group, which also includes the anchor yale bible and the anchor yale bible dictionary. Joel spolsky on why inhouse software is a pain to write and to use. Please bring any errors to our attention by emailing publicaffairs.

This is joel on software, where ive been ranting about software development, management, business, and the internet since 2000, although you may have noticed i dont publish too much here lately. Now, trying to write complete specs becomes the software engineering equivalent of a. Cs talk wesley chun computer science yale university. Heres stackoverflow ceo joel spolsky yale 91 talking about what cs 323. From highquality sound to topnotch security systems yale systems, llc has it all here for you. Wix engineering is proud to host joel spolsky, stack overflows ceo and cofounder. Rosenbaum received his bachelors degree from syracuse university in 1955, and later his m. Each month, more than 40 million professional and aspiring programmers visit stack overflow to ask and answer questions and find better jobs.

Mission the mission of the broadcast studio is to help the yale community record, produce, and edit audio and video and participate in the global media dialog by providing exceptional service, leveraging institutional expertise, and using numerous distribution channels to disseminate highquality, final products that meet the goals of the individual clients and the university. The rest of the talk will be published tomorrow and wednesday. In this blog postthe first part of a talk that he gave at yale on november 28, 2007, along with part two and part threehe identifies a key concept about quality that few people identify. As the founder of fog creek software in new york city, he created fogbugz, a popular project management system for software teams.

For my day job, im the cofounder and ceo of stack overflow, the largest online community for programmers to learn, share their knowledge, and level up. He is the author of joel on software, a blog on software development, and the creator of the. May 08, 2018 second, i noticed a pattern emerge at many of the panels and talks i went to here. Joel spolsky studied computer science at yale university class of 1991. Mar 01, 2010 lets take this offline a decade ago, i started joel on software, a blog that put my company on the map. With joel s newest book, more joel on software, youll get an even better not to mention updated feast of joel s opinions and impressions on software development, software design, running a software business, and so much more. The yale university press podcast is a series of indepth conversations with experts and authors on a range of topics including politics, history, science, art, and more for those who are intellectually curious.

Joel, apress, blogs, and blooks i was learning the hard way about. The first four episodes of club house are live now on itunes and wherever you get your podcasts and. Dean silverman has taught three junior seminars in american studies. A memoir of madness and a mothers love, released in september 2017, zack mcdermott describes how he experienced and recovered from his first psychotic breakdown while working as a public defender at the age of 26. Theoretical chemist, theologian, bamboo flute master. Joel spolsky, ceo and cofounder of stack overflow, is a globally recognized expert on software development and is known by developers around the world for his website, joel on software, which has. How i launched a podcast at yale som yale school of management. Joel rosenbaum born october 4, 1933 is a professor of cell biology at yale university. Please be advised that captions are made from video recordings and may be affected by the quality of the recording and contain errors and omissions.