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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Joel moved to Seattle, and worked at Microsoft for three years as a program manager on Excel 4.0 It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. As an example, Joel says that there is a chief revenue officer who is solely responsible for bringing in revenue to StackExchange.