Joel Spolsky
FounderFounder at Trello · Founder at Stack Overflow
New York, New York
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
Joel Spolsky is co-founder of HASH and previously co-founded and served as CEO of Stack Overflow, a network of Q&A sites. He founded Fog Creek Software (now Glitch), where he created FogBugz and Trello, and earlier worked at Microsoft, where he designed VBA on the Excel team, and at Juno Online Services. He has authored four books on software and technical hiring, writes the blog Joel on Software, and holds a BS in Computer Science from Yale.
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Experience
- HASHCo-Foundercurrent2019 — presentNew York, New York
- Fog Creek SoftwareCo-Founder2000 — 2022New York
- Stack OverflowChairman2019 — 2021
- Stack OverflowCEO and Co-founder2008 — 2019
- TrelloChairman and Co-founder2014 — 2017
- JunoSoftware Team Lead1996 — 1999
- Viacom Interactive ServicesConsultant1995 — 1997
- MicrosoftProgram Manager1991 — 1993
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joel Spolsky?
- Joel Spolsky is co-founder of HASH and previously co-founded and served as CEO of Stack Overflow, a network of Q&A sites. He founded Fog Creek Software (now Glitch), where he created FogBugz and Trello, and earlier worked at Microsoft, where he designed VBA on the Excel team, and at Juno Online Services. He has authored four books on software and technical hiring, writes the blog Joel on Software, and holds a BS in Computer Science from Yale.
- Where does Joel Spolsky work?
- Joel Spolsky is Founder of Stack Overflow and Founder at Trello.
- What check size does Joel Spolsky write?
- Joel Spolsky typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What companies did Joel Spolsky found?
- Joel Spolsky founded Stack Overflow, Trello.
- Where did Joel Spolsky go to school?
- Joel Spolsky studied at Yale University (BS, Computer Science).
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