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JOS Statistics - Top 200 commented items of all time
Date   Item Title   Comments  
12 Jun 2002   Open Letter:H1B's WTF??   186
20 Mar 2002   anyone else find this site excessively annoying?   169
15 Mar 2003   politics   155
03 May 2004   U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences   143
24 Nov 2003   Proposed Interview Process   141
13 Aug 2004   Coldfusion programmer wanted to work for assholes   140
08 Sep 2003   Conformity in platforms   133
14 Nov 2001   Books   132
26 Dec 2002   God and Computers   127
28 Aug 2003   A Stupid Response   121
02 Aug 2004   a long, rambling, incomplete rant about   116
09 Jul 2004   Myserious billboard   116
15 Oct 2003   AI again   113
18 Oct 2003   What coders can learn from $200/hr plumbers   112
11 Feb 2004   What's Your Greatest Weakness?   108
08 Dec 2003   Eric Raymond and Richard Stallman   108
13 May 2004   Americans rejoice. Indian IT are in trouble   105
13 Jul 2004   Old farts lack respect for younger programmers   104
30 Aug 2004   Americans need learn foreign language?   103
27 Nov 2002   Unemployment Woes   103
29 Jul 2003   Open source is _not_ evil   102
17 Oct 2001   Programming Languages   102
01 Oct 2003   What's Happened to Job Applicants?   101
08 Aug 2003   What *is* that icon on the home page today?   101
04 Dec 2003   ...ism at FogCreek?   100
19 Apr 2004   What an awesome day...   99
14 May 2003   DOUBLE STANDARDS   99
07 Oct 2003   Thomas Stanley - The Millionaire Next Door   98
16 Aug 2004   Coworkers who won't go away   97
18 Oct 2003   Alyosha   97
16 Jul 2003   Linux in Munich... Discuss here!   96
03 Jun 2004   Ayn Rand   95
17 Jul 2002   Poll w moral: Who wears "Old Navy" brand clothes?   95
18 May 2003   where did all the software jobs go?   94
24 Mar 2003   Greed and Total Cost of Employment   93
10 Feb 2004   Two blank spaces after full stop   92
17 Feb 2004   Design Decision No.3   90
11 Feb 2004   just how much math is needed to program anyway   89
06 Jan 2002   Fire and Motion   89
06 Aug 2004   pre employment background check/drug test   88
19 May 2004   Lots of free time, plus sand   88
12 May 2004   Massive Windows Pain and Hatred   88
30 Mar 2004   ThrowTheBumsOut   88
03 Feb 2003   Smokers   86
25 Mar 2004   Poll: What car do you drive?   85
28 Aug 2003   Developers in Suits and Ties   85
22 Aug 2003   How Long Will Kids Live?   85
15 May 2003   Most satisifying software you've used?   85
11 Apr 2003   Professionals .... bah   84
18 Aug 2004   SQL Server - Up or Down?   83
08 Dec 2003   open source   83
01 Apr 2003   Sex   83
08 Mar 2004   Is this harassment?   82
14 Nov 2003   Offshoring Opportunities/the Quark Debacle   82
04 Jun 2003   A comment on Joel's anti-VC essay   82
14 Feb 2002   The Iceberg Secret, Revealed   81
13 Aug 2004   The Olympics   80
15 Apr 2004   "The Apprentice" (spoilers)   80
14 Oct 2002   Joel & C++   80
19 Jul 2004   What exactly is Joel trying to say?   79
16 Jul 2004   More IQ-ism   79
21 May 2003   Favorite Quote   79
04 May 2004   Sasser   78
04 Apr 2003   If you were not a developer   78
14 May 2004   Norrick Throws In the Towel; Goes Out of Business   77
23 Mar 2004   Wives and Entrepreneurship   77
11 Aug 2004   The Python Paradox   76
18 Jun 2002   Why Software Is So Bad   76
30 Jul 2004   what cars do geeks drive?   75
22 Mar 2004   Communist Western Europe   75
12 Feb 2003   What were your first computers?   75
10 Feb 2003   Universities' Crusade Against Microsoft   75
29 Jun 2004   Visual Studio Express   74
27 Nov 2002   How to start oversea project outsourcing?   74
12 Dec 2001   Back to Basics   74
14 Nov 2001   Working on CityDesk, Part Five   74
04 Aug 2004   Question about FogCreek   73
31 Jan 2004   "Top grades and a track record of success"   73
19 Dec 2003   Bold topics.   72
30 Oct 2003   "Programmer Folkways"   72
29 Jul 2003   Are these reasonable C++ questions?   72
01 Jun 2003   A new web broswer   72
21 Feb 2004   dreaming of products   71
24 Sep 2003   99.9 percentile   71
15 Jul 2004   Gates gives 100$ Million more away   70
08 Apr 2004   "The Apprentice" (spoilers)   70
04 Dec 2003   American programmers at Indian wages   70
24 Nov 2003   Army v. Business   70
09 Sep 2003   Another take on American education   70
12 Aug 2003   C++ Test - Questions 6 thru 10   70
22 Jul 2003   TWO PERCENT of ALL U.S. jobs offshored by 2015   70
24 May 2003   Programmers Attack! (other programmers, that is)   70
26 Feb 2003   Heisenberg effects   70
25 Aug 2004   Super-Duper Incredible Person   69
27 Jul 2004   $75K-$100K/year to McDonald's Not Possible?   69
11 Jun 2004   Where are all the new jobs?   69
04 Dec 2003   Why are 80% of programmers no good?   69
12 Jun 2003   The Mythic Microsoft Monopoly   69
26 Jul 2004   Open Source = no rights Industry?   68
31 May 2004   Becoming a C _developer_   68
07 Apr 2004   Why do people just want stuff for free?   68
02 Feb 2004   DVDs and customer abuse   68
22 Dec 2003   working hard or hardly working?   68
22 Apr 2003   Software Engineering licenses   68
15 Mar 2003   Boomerang of offshore outsourcing?   68
20 Jul 2004   Indentation   67
17 Feb 2003   Worst interviewer ever   67
03 Jul 2002   PCWEEK Article   67
07 Jan 2002   How old are you ?   67
12 Jul 2004   RAII vs. Java   66
04 Jan 2004   Need techie advice on launching new startup   66
26 Nov 2003   Master and Slave   66
21 Oct 2003   The "zip code" is not universal   66
15 Apr 2003   What to do about sleepiness during the day?   66
24 Sep 2002   Why you should (not?) buy an e-book   66
05 Jul 2002   The key to working 40 hour weeks   66
12 Aug 2004   Purchase this forum?   65
30 May 2004   To Dubai or not to Dubai   65
07 Dec 2003   "Low Skill" Rhetoric   65
04 May 2003   Programmers who are ignorant of common technology   65
19 Dec 2002   Marriage == Career Death?   65
26 Nov 2002   Angry manager   65
28 Jun 2004   House prices (off-topic)   64
28 Apr 2003   Eric's article is lacking...   64
04 Apr 2003   Server Naming Schemes?   64
12 Mar 2003   Is Inheritance a Pillar of OO?   64
19 Feb 2003   Discrimination: Learn what you are talking about!   64
12 Nov 2002   The Law of Leaky Abstractions   64
19 Aug 2002   Changing font size..   64
11 Aug 2004   which language?   63
09 Aug 2004   Sacrificing parts of your life to do great things.   63
03 Jun 2004   sounding off: Linux - CTO has to be enormous   63
14 Nov 2003   Dressing up for job interviews   63
09 Oct 2003   AI   63
24 Jun 2002   IT Degrees (Again)   63
09 Nov 2001   How did you stumble upon www.joelonsoftware.com ?   63
27 Aug 2004   Salary survey   62
05 Jul 2004   How does the RIAA identify Kazaa users ?   62
22 May 2004   French Words/expression used in English   62
20 May 2004   my gripes with Office, & my solution (LaTex, LyX)   62
18 May 2004   Are there any .Net client-side applications?   62
17 May 2004   Indian economy   62
06 May 2004   Hiring the Best   62
03 Feb 2004   Worst Ever: 7350 Line Function, 55 local vars   62
01 Jan 2004   Finally a good idea: Developer licensing.   62
02 Nov 2003   Benefits of a degree   62
14 Feb 2003   Work hours/week?   62
13 May 2002   Another MS Office killer?   62
28 Jul 2004   Probability question...   61
28 May 2004   Should I retire?   61
24 Mar 2004   Microsoft fined $616m   61
29 Nov 2003   POLL : Do you play video Games ?   61
21 Oct 2003   ITunes: What rubbish.   61
21 Mar 2003   Why do Programmers Hate Documenting?   61
19 Aug 2004   Does your employer mandate your hours?   60
04 Aug 2004   A question for our non-American friends   60
03 Aug 2004   Your typical programmer's breakfast?   60
25 Jun 2004   DBAs vs. Coders   60
23 May 2004   Math library question   60
04 Mar 2004   "The Apprentice" (Spoilers)   60
24 Dec 2003   job advice for a new graduate   60
04 Nov 2003   Where Did You Go To School?   60
07 Oct 2003   What source control do you use/   60
03 Oct 2003   should stupid people be allowed to Breed.   60
12 Dec 2002   Breaking into development without a degree   60
08 Dec 2002   Code Reviews - Does Anyone Actually Do Them   60
11 Sep 2002   Memoriam   60
16 May 2002   Software License Management ...   60
14 Oct 2001   Underline Edit Boxes?   60
16 Aug 2004   Why learn basic search and sort algorithms?   59
02 Jul 2004   Commoditisation   59
02 Apr 2004   Java—what's the point?   59
25 Mar 2004   "The Apprentice" (spoilers)   59
10 Dec 2003   U.S. Programmers at Overseas Salaries   59
05 Dec 2003   Are Debuggers Wasteful Timesinks? Martin thinks so   59
05 Sep 2003   Why Johnny can't reed gud   59
21 May 2003   Movies and the Mind of a Programmer   59
30 Jan 2003   Cube or office...What do you have?   59
16 Nov 2002   Dead wood II   59
20 Aug 2002   CityDesk flash demo: lame? useful? boring?   59
25 Jul 2002   the best programmer and why   59
13 Jul 2004   The Coffee Test   58
11 Jan 2004   Advice Wanted   58
01 Jan 2004   Blame Open Source for outsourcing nightmare.   58
22 May 2003   finding educated workers   58
13 Nov 2002   The Ultimate IQ Test   58
25 Mar 2004   Is grokking pointers really so hard for some?   57
15 Dec 2003   Biculturalism   57
28 Oct 2003   Academics vs. Engineers   57
14 Oct 2003   Leave your language religious fanaticism   57
30 Jul 2003   No realy, it is NOT the Open Source that is evil   57
02 Jul 2003   music   57
27 Feb 2003   If not files & directories, then what?   57
13 Jan 2003   Best Computer Science Schools in the World   57
07 May 2002   XP is wearing no clothes   57
15 Aug 2004   How to get focused and start working..   56
14 Jul 2004   .Net devs that went to Java and won't go back?   56
19 Jan 2004   cabling rant   56
07 Dec 2003   "Low-skill jobs like coding" (NYT)   56
05 Nov 2003   physics   56