Joel discusses why quality programmers are a good investment

Joel says you should hire good programmers to make your software because Brad Pitt is so hot. Being a programmer myself (and someone who went to see the recent Brad Pitt movie “Troy” because I thought he looked hot running around in greek gear) I like this line of reasoning.

Brad Pitt aside, I think it’s an interesting article because Joel talks about how creativity is so important in making systems that people want to use. I think there must be something in it because anyone I’ve talked to about bug tracking software in the last year has raved about how good FogBugz is. It *is* good software too. I found I didn’t have to think too much to use it. Everything was just where I expected it to be and if I ever thought “hmm.. I’d love to do $something” I almost always found I could.

I think I just like the idea of living in a world where quality, innovation and beauty are things worth striving for. It makes me want to get my code editor out and build something just for the sake of it.