Joel Spolsky:
Fog Creek is a weird company here, with unique values that you
don’t find in a lot of other companies. That’s why we’re so
successful, and that’s why we love working here. Some of the weird
stuff we do is non-negotiable. We would never dream of having just
any competent person from outside the company come in, let alone
give them the CEO role, if we weren’t convinced that they were
100% fanatical and excited about Fog Creek Software’s unique
operating system. We’ve been friends with Anil for so long that
we’re confident that the combination of his talents and worldview
with our quirky operating system will be a stellar combination. […]
What are you doing, Joel?
I’m the full-time CEO of Stack Overflow, which just hit 300
employees and really takes all my time now.
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