Joel Spolsky

New York, NY

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I am:

the co-founder and CEO of Stack Exchange
the co-founder of Fog Creek Software
owner of Taco, the most famous Siberian Husky on the Upper West Side.

You can find me:

on Twitter as @spolsky
on my rarely-updated blog, Joel on Software

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Proposed improvement to flagging, for answers

discussion flagging moderation moderator-tools flagging-dialog asked Oct 27 '11 at 1:27

meta.stackoverflow.com

68 votes

Does a site's bounce rate influence Google rankings?

google google-search site-ranking google-ranking bounce-rate asked May 17 '11 at 2:03

webmasters.stackexchange.com

57 votes

How should we notify people that they're eligible for “Microsoft Community Contributor” awards?

discussion email-notification microsoft asked Oct 14 '11 at 17:54

meta.stackoverflow.com

56 votes

Is there a site that can track all the domain names I own?

domain website tools asked Aug 1 '08 at 16:37

serverfault.com

50 votes

What is the difference between casting and conversion?

c# type-conversion casting asked Jul 2 '10 at 14:59

stackoverflow.com

47 votes

How can I lookup data about a book from its barcode number?

api language-agnostic amazon barcode asked Sep 20 '08 at 3:28

stackoverflow.com

47 votes

How can Americans get a chip-and-pin credit card for use while abroad?

credit-card bank-account chip-card asked Aug 27 '10 at 2:02

money.stackexchange.com

43 votes

How can I beat level 3-15 in Angry Birds?

angry-birds asked Jul 28 '10 at 19:46

gaming.stackexchange.com

36 votes

How does Google's new two-factor authentication work with IMAP, POP, etc.?

gmail security google-apps-email authentication asked Oct 20 '10 at 14:20

webapps.stackexchange.com

33 votes

What are the big developer conferences in Australia?

discussion devdays-2011 asked Apr 10 '11 at 3:50

meta.stackoverflow.com

Top Answers

769

Will Stack Overflow boycott GoDaddy because of their support for SOPA?

meta.stackoverflow.com

510

How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange?

meta.stackoverflow.com

415

Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?

answers.onstartups.com

332

If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare time?

answers.onstartups.com

288

Expression Versus Statement

stackoverflow.com

278

New Team Lead - How to deal with a resentful former peer

programmers.stackexchange.com

185

How can a new programmer impress the software engineer (boss)?

programmers.stackexchange.com

177

What is the (craziest, stupidest, silliest) thing a client/boss asked you to do?

programmers.stackexchange.com

174

Will high reputation in Stack Overflow help to get a good job?

programmers.stackexchange.com

138

How to assign Profile values?

stackoverflow.com

134

Now that Jeff Atwood is moving on, who will be “in charge”?

meta.stackoverflow.com

126

Please do not use Stack Overflow to promote social causes

meta.stackoverflow.com

116

Career advice: stay with PHP or start a new career in something else ( .Net?)

programmers.stackexchange.com

115

Issues with ANDs and ORs (COBOL)

stackoverflow.com

114

Parameterizing an SQL IN clause?

stackoverflow.com

110

I'd like to understand the jQuery plugin syntax

stackoverflow.com

108

How can I teach a bright person, with no programming experience, how to program?

programmers.stackexchange.com

How many questions are appropriate to ask as an intern?

programmers.stackexchange.com

Why do I need an IoC container as opposed to straightforward DI code?

stackoverflow.com

What are the rules on using the Stack Overflow logo?

meta.stackoverflow.com

Is it time to re-evaluate the Facebook-Stack Overflow partnership?

meta.stackoverflow.com

What is the easiest way to parse an INI File in C++?

stackoverflow.com

Should “Developer Testing” be folded into a more general “Programmers” site?

meta.stackoverflow.com

DevDays 2011 - straw poll - one day or two?

meta.stackoverflow.com

NSFW proposal on Area51

meta.stackoverflow.com

After the Go Daddy SOPA boycott, why is Go Daddy being advertised on Stack Overflow?

meta.stackoverflow.com

Should we “Sympathy Commit” to a site proposal?

meta.stackoverflow.com

What questions should be closed with reason “too localized”?

meta.stackoverflow.com

Any chance of Stack Exchange blacking out Jan 18, along with Reddit and Wikipedia in opposition of SOPA/PIPA?

meta.stackoverflow.com

Editing versus Answering?

meta.stackoverflow.com