I think Joel is giving his company a little too much credit. Today's students, if they are really good, have much better opportunity than to work at Fog Creek.

I think Joel is giving his company a little too much credit. Today's students, if they are really good, have much better opportunity than to work at Fog Creek. They are thinking of companies like Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google, LinkedIn, etc. that are actually innovating and working on some of the most interesting problems and applications. Not creating VNC "Remote Assistance" clones and help desk software. Fog Creek does create very good software. But game changing? Or well known? Most people outside of software development wouldn't be able to name an actual Fog Creek product.