1. Joel's List: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html 2. Culture 3. Stance on re

1. Joel's List: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html 2. Culture 3. Stance on refactoring vs. feature delivery 4. Off Time - I'm personally against companies that demand overtime, unfortunately this trend is increasing and developers (especially juniors) don't stand up against it. I recently had a CA based startup ask for 60 hours a week (probably because I am Indian). Had to politely refuse.