Joel Spolsky

American blogger
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Joel Spolsky was born on January 1, 1965, in Albuquerque [1][2]. He is a computer scientist, programmer, chief executive officer, and businessperson . His field is computer science .

He received his education at Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Pierson College . [1][2]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[8], Israel[9]
  • Field of work: computer scientist[10]
  • Employer: Microsoft[11]
  • Educated at: Yale University[12], University of Pennsylvania[13], Pierson College[14]
  • Religion or worldview: Judaism[15]
  • Sex or gender: male[16]
  • Sexual orientation: non-heterosexuality[17]
  • Commons category: Joel Spolsky[18]
  • Given name: Joel[19]
  • Official website: http://joelonsoftware.com/[20], https://www.joelonsoftware.com/[21]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[22]
  • Name in native language: Joel Spolsky[23]
  • Social media followers: 176,678[24], 175,281[25]

Why It Matters

Joel Spolsky has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] He is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Works attributed to him include Stack Overflow[28], a Stack Exchange forum site[29], founded in 2008[30].

FAQs

Where was Joel Spolsky born?

Joel Spolsky's place of birth was Albuquerque[2].

What did Joel Spolsky do for work?

Joel Spolsky worked as a computer scientist[3], programmer[4], chief executive officer[5], and businessperson[6].

Where did Joel Spolsky go to school?

Joel Spolsky was educated at Yale University[12], University of Pennsylvania[13], and Pierson College[14].

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  8. [17] ↑ . tweet. twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [22] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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