Building a better company
Another good piece from Joel on Software, talking about getting good people and doing good work, rather than trying to be that one company in a thousand that comes up with an idea no-one else has ever thought of. As for hiring staff with good working conditions, what can I say; the Company is based in Edinburgh! What else do you need! 
Oh well, okay then, I’ll buy dinner for the staff. But no dessert. And you fill up on breadsticks or poppadums, right?
July 26th, 2005 at 2:28 pm
Good article.
I would think it’s very hard to get really good programmers, since you don’t know if they’re good until they’ve worked at the Company for a while. Unless you’ve got a stellar interview process.
And by that I’m not saying I’m really good, or even just good. I know plenty of mistakes I’ve made at previous employers, but I do give a crap about the end software quality.
Also, many people just don’t *love* software like they need to (is that weird?) to write good code, and are just there for the ego of working in games.
July 26th, 2005 at 2:31 pm
“Also, many people just don’t *love* software like they need to (is that weird?)”
Weird? Well, I wouldn’t use it as a first line in trying to pick up chicks.
July 27th, 2005 at 10:16 am
I dunno, the “I like blowing things up in space-ships” line worked for me…