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Annual Fog Creek Open House
- pmjordan 18y ago"Here at Fog Creek Software we get a lot of requests for a tour of the office, which we usually have to decline: we have this unusual obsession with giving programmers quiet working conditions." An open-plan office that's far from silent because there are people around you working is bad enough, but the thing I hated most about the office situation at my last job was that whenever press, potential business partners, interview candidates, etc. visited, they were given a tour of the office. I always felt like I was an animal at the zoo. ("oh look! a code monkey! throw him some peanuts, maybe he'll code faster!")
- bprater 18y agoAnybody go to the last open house?
- edw519 18y agoI did. Very nice, low key affair. Lots of interesting people to talk to, but not the Startup School crowd. I can't quite put my finger on it, maybe because people were interested in the tech part, but not a lot of startup talk. Quite a few NYU people. Their facilities are great, exactly as advertised. And, of course, I got to meet Joel Spolsky, perhaps the best part of the visit.
- bootload 18y ago"... I did. Very nice, low key affair. Lots of interesting people to talk to, but not the Startup School crowd. I can't quite put my finger on it, maybe because people were interested in the tech part, but not a lot of startup talk. ..." Because they are showing only subset of being an entrepreneur. Joel likes his hires to be smart, get things done... and cautious. Maybe it's some hangover of his past training? It means your next step forward will be safe, less chance of failure. The downside is well fed Lions who might kill for a living but have yet to learn or worse forgotten how to hunt for themselves.