Joel the Whiney Bitch

Posted on | May 1, 2008 |

Well now… Someone’s blogging when they should be drinking. Seriously Joel - get over yourself. How many bug tracking systems do we really need?

Two entertaining rants for the price of one. I would have expected Joel to remember the business model that he used to work inside - Darwin wins at Microsoft. There’s several examples of multiple groups working on and releasing what seems to be duplicated technologies. We have the luxury of being able to have different groups, working independently, focusing their efforts on delivering some cool technologies that overlap in some areas. Messenger and Communicator is a great example. What’s really interesting is the hook line - Joel’s not pissed because Microsoft is funding similar projects. Joel’s pissed because he can’t seem to compete for the talent to work on these projects.

I’m not sure folks like Heather see themselves as shady, or willing to make “unethical exploding offers” as Joel alleges (got any proof?). And really, if the college kids are so smart (although they’re apparently better as frisbee than at coding), why would they allow themselves to be duped into accepting these “untenable salaries”. If they really are so poor at Python, why would Joel want them working at his company anyway? The lure of working on yet another bug tracking system just not shiny enough these days, Joel?

I’m proud of the work we’re doing, and the place where we’re doing them. It thrills me to see that we can still attract the best and brightest to work here. Joel - get over yourself. Go invent something unique. See you at the hiring fairs…