Hanselminutes on 9 - Tour of Fog Creek Software with Joel Spolsky
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I was hanging out in New York yesterday, presenting at Devscovery and I took a few minutes to stop by Fog Creek, have lunch with Joel (did you know they always eat together as a team and have lunch catered every day?) and get a tour. Fog Creek is known for their snazzy offices and attention to detail. How can you be a great developer and make great software without a nice monitor, comfy chair and the world's most awesome desk. Joel takes me around, shows me their salt water fish tank, amazing view and how it IS possible to have a great office without breaking the bank.
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Phil
Pretty nice. I did not expect it to be so big.
These desks are awesome!
Now I want one so bad ;-(
i am a technology consultant and 40hr/week college IT developer. joel, please save me! will work for fish.
thats just unfair
here im running on a 17" laptop monitor with crap resolution ( 1200*800 )and a hand me down 19" non-widescreen (1280*1024) vga connected monitor..
@pbruce i dont even have a cubicle
By the way, those desks are obligatory by law here in Denmark, every Office has to have that desk type (with elevator) per employee if he work more than 5 hours a day at the desk. So... it's a "normal" thing to have
It's definitely my excuse when I don't get any work done
What's the standard setup in Denmark?
(should be a reply to root, sigh.)
Looks awesome. The desks are a bit much, though. Do they have vertically adjusting desks because people want to alternate between standing or sitting a lot, or do people alternate between standing and sitting a lot because they have a vertically adjusting desk?
I've never had to work in a cubicle. While I guess the privacy would be welcome, occasionally, I like the openness of just a bunch of desks in a room.
99% of companies don't realize how stressful writing complex code could be, while you're just sitting and typing some stuff on the keyboard (as far as a none developers are concerned). So, I admire Joel for caring for his developers. Actually, he is just smart that he can get more productivity from developers when they are comfortable than trying to save a few bucks. But too many people are trying to save a penny by wasting a dollar!
..Ben
That office is nice! Dual BIG monitors, moving desks and fish tanks for the win!
As cool as that stuff is, where's the helicopter ride footage? 
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