Joel Spolsky
Programmer, Organization founder
1965 –
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Who is Joel Spolsky?
Avram Joel Spolsky is a software engineer and writer. He is the author of Joel on Software, a blog on software development. He was a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team between 1991 and 1994. He later founded Fog Creek Software in 2000 and launched the Joel on Software blog. In 2008, he launched the now-successful Stack Overflow programmer Q&A site in collaboration with Jeff Atwood. Using the Stack Exchange software product which powers Stack Overflow, The Stack Exchange Network now hosts over 100 Q&A sites.
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- Born
- 1965
Albuquerque - Also known as
- Avram Joel Spolsky
- Religion
- Judaism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- New Zealand
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
(1987 - 1988) - Bachelor of Science, Yale University
Computer Science
( - 1991)
- University of Pennsylvania
- Employment
- Viacom Interactive Services
- Excel Team Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
- Fog Creek Software
- Lived in
- Hanaton
( - 1987) - New Haven
(1988 - 1991) - Albuquerque
( - 1980) - New Mexico
- Hanaton
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on July 23, 2013
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