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> Before looking it up just now, I could have sworn the point was something like "every developer has a door they can close", but oh well. EDIT: Ok, my mistake
by maxsilver 8y ago
> Before looking it up just now, I could have sworn the point was something like "every developer has a door they can close", but oh well.
EDIT: Ok, my mistake, my memory is failing me. "Doors that close" is used in a whole bunch of Joel blog posts, and "walls and doors" is used in the original Joel Test description.
But WaybackMachine seems to confirm that the official label from the "Joel Test" has always been "quiet working conditions" and does not appear to have been changed.
- tom_mellior 8y agoSounds plausible, but the blog post from 2000 also has it as "Do programmers have quiet working conditions?" So unless Joel went back and rewrote the past, it might be our memories. I am fairly sure that he did have another blog post that stated explicitly that every developer at FogCreek had a door.
- Clubber 8y agoI remember the "all developers should have offices" from Joel. Did he change his mind recently?