Joel Spolsky - CEO of Stack Exchange & Co-Founder at Fog Creek

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Filmed at WeWork NYC, Jason chats with Joel Spolsky about the developer community, recruiting and culture.

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Some highlights:

0:02:30 When did you start Fog Creek?

0:02:45 What was the first product you built?

0:03:00 Why were developers treated it poorly

0:03:45 What was the tipping point in culture when people saw developers as creating the future?

0:05:15 Why was Lotus Noes so cutting edge?

0:07:30 This episode is brought to you by Squarespace!

0:13:45 How do you know if your idea is too early?

0:14:45 What did Stack Overflow get right that everyone else got wrong?

0:17:00 What were people using before?

0:17:30 Why is the web still strong?

0:18:15 When did Stack Overflow launch?

0:20:15 How has raising venture capital worked out?

0:22:00 How did you reconcile?

0:22:30 Is it a negative to a VC to have another business?

0:22:45 How many uniques do you get per month?

0:26:15 Thank you to audible for sponsoring the show!

0:30:30 How do you make revenue?

0:31:30 What kind of CPM is that?

0:31:45 What about ads?

0:32:15 Why does the advertising keep growing?

0:33:00 How much are the ads?

0:34:00 Did you ever raise a B round?

0:34:45 What's the future of the company? IPO? Sell?

0:35:30 Do you have a personal goal for the company?

0:37:00 Why wouldn't you sell to LinkedIn?

0:38:15 Why is there adversion to contingency recruiters?

0:40:30 Will you start building out skill assessment?

0:41:15 What is the state of demand for developers today?

0:42:15 Do you think the market will ever collapse & we won't need developers?

0:43:00 What should developers get paid?

0:43:30 What should a senior developer get paid?

0:44:00 How important is the mission for developers?

0:44:45 Do developers make a decision based on job perks?

0:47:00 What is Trello?

0:52:45 Do you implement the point systems?

0:53:30 Does weighing the importance of features make employees feel empowered?

0:54:15 What is your opinion on time tracking?

0:56:00 Should you concentrate on the highest priorities first?

0:58:00 What's a Monte Carlo simulation?

0:59:45 What percentage of people do this?

1:00:00 Why do developers react negatively?

1:00:30 What's a reasonable amount of time a coder should code a day?

1:01:30 What is the number of hours it takes to solve programming problems?

1:02:00 What is going on during the other hours?

1:02:30 What is the top percentile of people can code per hour?

1:03:15 How would you organize a programmer's time?

1:04:30 What do you think developers are putting in at Google & Yahoo?

1:05:00 How do you know how productive a developer is?

1:06:15 What do you think of Google's performance?

1:07:45 Do you think Apple's approval process is sustainable?

1:08:15 Do you think Apple will have a groundbreaking product again?

1:10:00 You don't think the Apple watch would be innovative?

1:11:00 Will we be talking about Facebook 10 years from now?

1:11:30 Do you get value from Facebook?

1:12:00 What do you think about Amazon?

1:22:00 Has Google started webclipping content?

1:26:45 Do you ever think about blocking Google?

1:27:30 What startup has been most intriguing to you this year?

1:28:30 What technology will have the biggest impact in the next 5 years?

1:30:00 You use Google Hangout for remote developers?

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