Joel on Software
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Joel Spolsky
Joel Spolsky
2004 • 384 pages

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Joel On Software is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Joel Spolsky.

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A really good eye and mind opener, one of the more pragmatic authors, I really like the way Spolsky thinks about the Software industry and the day-to-day of a software programmer and/or entrepreneur.

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