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"Your compensation will include meaningful equity ownership" That should be added to Joel Spolsky's list.

• yannickt 16y ago
  What list?
  • ryanpetrich 16y ago
    He may be referring to The Joel Test: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html
    • sambeau 16y ago
      Yes, sorry, I was. I should have added the link, plus this link: http://vaig.be/2010/12/joel-test-for-software-companies.html http://vaig.be/2010/12/joel-test-for-software-companies.html and this: http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/10/12/26/1424243.shtml http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/10/12/26/1424243.s...
• Tamerlin 16y ago
  My experience at amazon would fail the Joel Spolsky test: Do you use source control? yes Can you make a build in one step? almost Do you make daily builds? I think so Do you have a bug database? yes Do you fix bugs before writing new code? not usually Do you have an up-to-date schedule? Hard to tell Do you have a spec? a vague one Do programmers have quiet working conditions? no Do you use the best tools money can buy? not even close Do you have testers? users Do new candidates write code during their interview? yes Do you do hallway usability testing? no The computers that Amazon provided were so old that they weren't even in current production (I checked the serial number for the laptop I had there, and it was according to Dell 3 years old -- and low-end even when it was new)