Pablo Rodríguez Madroño Male, 30, Married. Barcelona, Spain

Almost everything in this book is on Rands blog, but it is refreshing to remember the nicely written articles again.

Some of the contents may be obvious to the experienced programmer, but I wish I had read the book when I started my professional life.

Many topics cannot be applied to small projects, but surely anyone will find details of interest.

The most interesting thing is that the book acts a hub ... (continue)

This book was written twenty years ago, but it is surprising (and somewhat depressing) to note that many of the topics and issues of programming, like managing complexity or finding talent ago are still unsolved.

Other issues, like hardware limits, are no longer a worry for programmers. It is ... (continue)

Conan stories have been a wonderful discovery. It seems incredible to me that someone could think of these fantastic environments in the 30's.

Being a sequel to the "Joel on Software" book, it doesn't contain the best essays from his website. Some of the included ones are interesting anyway (and more modern), but the general look is that many essays are there to fill the book up.

Pleasant read, as Joel's writings usually are.

An adventure book with touches of science-fiction, although in more modern times they can be regarded more fiction than science.

Easy to read and very entertaining, but the customs and doings of Esau Cairn are a bit too savage for me.

Everything on the book is also available on Joel's blog, but it is always refreshing to read him again.

Although many counsels are extremely useful - like smiling before speaking, for instance - the main lesson to learn from this wonderful book is empathy.

Some of the stories have delicious things to remember, but generally they are too religious for me.

A collection of stone-age essays (on Internet timing, anyway) about software. Style, quality, topic and extension are quite variable, but the overall impression is good.

This book was supposed to be re-edited annually with the best writings of the year. It is a pity it didn't succeed.

Some truths are told, but in spite of being quite obvious it is necessary that it is done as clearly as this book does.

Great insights from Joel Spolsky's blog, although all of the material has been already published on other books from the same author.

Friki pero muy sensible.

Se referencian algunas de las cosas de la vida que alguna vez llamaron mi atención.