Joel Spolsky — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-Founder at HASH since 2019.
Founder of Stack Overflow, a network of Q&A sites visited by over 100 million people monthly.
Founded Fog Creek Software, which created FogBugz and Trello.
Authored four books: 'User Interface Design for Programmers' (2001), 'Joel on Software' (2004), 'More Joel on Software' (2008), and 'Smart and Gets Things Done' (2007).
Designed VBA as a member of the Microsoft Excel team.
Holds a BS in Computer Science from Yale.

Biography

Joel Spolsky is a prominent figure in software development and entrepreneurship, currently serving as a co-founder at HASH since 2019. He is widely recognized as the founder of Stack Overflow, a network of Q&A sites that attracts over 100 million visitors monthly. Spolsky also founded Fog Creek Software, which later became Glitch, and created popular software products like FogBugz and Trello.

His career began at Microsoft, where he designed VBA as a member of the Excel team.