last updated:04 Sep 2004 18:08 UK time JOS Statistics - Top 100 Monthly Items Mar 2003 | Feb 2003 | Jan 2003    Number Of Comments Smokers   86 What were your first computers?   75 Universities' Crusade Against Microsoft   75 Heisenberg effects   70 Worst interviewer ever   67 Discrimination: Learn what you are talking about!   64 Work hours/week?   62 If not files & directories, then what?   57 Least admirable people in IT   50 GPA   49 Music   49 ms sql server vs oracle sql server   47 Big Macs, Naked Chefs, GM, Aztec, and Microsoft   45 Who dropped the ball: Peer1, Dell or FCS?   45 How soon would you fire an incompetent developer?   45 Hiring coders versus architects   42 Handling Errors   39 Most Admirable Person in IT   38 Calling all Nerds   38 Do we want women to work at all?   36 Becoming a highly competent Architect   35 Multiple Exit Points   34 Military Software Development   33 Database Platform Independence   31 tester or developer?   30 Computing visionaries today?   30 Philosophy of long hours vs not   29 What language is Windows written in?   29 Know Anyone Persecuted Out of this field?   28 Computer Programmer's Union   28 New Computer   28 HTML -> TIFF generation   27 Ranking projects by LOC   27 how to get an interview in this market?   27 actively hiring   27 Porches and Schools   26 No forwarding?   26 FTP Relay?   26 ...another reason not to load access on user wkstn   26 How fast is your internet, and how much?   26 MS to open source for China   25 dumb Unix question   25 Ethics of automatic error collection   25 Is CM meaningfully covered in CS programs?   25 Age discrimination is a pathetic excuse   24 Do only geniuses get hired in US   24 Web Services   23 evaluating oneself as a programmer   23 Problems with Software Management   23 Mental Health Issues in Software Development   23 Starting A Small Business   23 Favorite telnet client for Win32   22 Hosting web-site on dial-up?   22 New Forum for New York City   21 "SQL Server Developers Face Huge Royalties?"   21 Sole proprietorship   21 Peer 1, a right decision?   21 Why don't colleges teach stuff one can use!!!!!!!!   21 The Perfect Code   21 Unit testing and project velocity   20 Relocation to India   20 A New Kind of Science   19 Code Question Sorta   19 Bothersome holdovers from back in the day   19 Why are you still employed?   19 Segway human transporter   19 GPA cutoff in interviews?   19 Acess woes   19 Evaluating Resumes: Non-US Schools   19 MS patents .NET!   19 Out of work? Don't take CS courses   19 Getting through computer books quickly?   19 cs masters   19 The Database Database   19 ClearCase Source Control   19 Biggest a-hole in IT   18 The experiment   18 Yahoo Stores rewritten from Lisp to C++ and Perl   18 outage... cont.   18 Finite State Machines   18 Advice for a first-time contractor?   18 Tell me again, why Java?   18 How do I get my Boss to have process?   18 Job Openings   18 MSN Messenger   18 Career Strategy   18 How to Interview a Programmer   17 Why did FoxPro Fail in the Market place?   17 Discrimination   17 How did you stumble upon JoS?: Revisited   17 How many italian on joelonsoftware ?   17 Thinking about JoS and PParadise...   17 Utility functions?   16 SourceForge like service for commercial code?   16 Help with Modeling Architecture   16 current salary levels   16 Do you still design for Netscape 4.x?   16 handling credit card transactions in a webapp   16 "Really" Starting a Small Business?   16 HTML Question   16 This chart contains items that have been commented on in this month. Items that have not been commented on yet will not appear.