I can kind of see his point. Joel seems to be running his business in a very open way, with lots of details about hiring and such being blogged about publicly and in his magazine column. It would be a bit of a disconnect to get closer in as interviewee, just to see the traditional corporate walls come up. It doesn't surprise me though.
Exactly. Nowhere am I saying that Fog Creek is worse than J. Random Big-Box Corporation. I'm just saying that, based on one anecdote during 2008, reports of it being markedly better seem to be overstated.
