Hitting the High Notes
>> I regularly follow the Joel on Software blog and this manifesto on the best people and the best working conditions yielding the best software is definitely worth a read.
- Michael
“By Joel Spolsky
Monday, July 25, 2005
In March, 2000, I launched this site with the shaky claim that most people are wrong in thinking you need an idea to make a successful software company:
The common belief is that when you’re building a software company, the goal is to find a neat idea that solves some problem which hasn’t been solved before, implement it, and make a fortune. We’ll call this the build-a-better-mousetrap belief. But the real goal for software companies should be converting capital into software that works.
For the last five years I’ve been testing that theory in the real world. The formula for the company I started with Michael Pryor in September, 2000 can be summarized in four steps:
Best working conditions >> Best Programmers >> Best Software >> Profit”
Tags: Creative Engineering, Project Management
