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Joel Spolsky, an Uncommon card
Avram Joel Spolsky is a software engineer and writer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 88
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 88 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Joel Spolsky quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joel Spolsky card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a Program Manager on the ______ Excel team between 1991 and 1994.
Answer
Microsoft. He was a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team between 1991 and 1994. From the Joel Spolsky article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He later founded Fog Creek Software in ____ and launched the Joel on Software blog.
Answer
2000s. He later founded Fog Creek Software in 2000 and launched the Joel on Software blog. From the Joel Spolsky article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Baden Powell. Baden Powell 64 · Steve Swallow 60 · Joel Spolsky 57 · Nick Barker 53 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is the author of Joel on Software, a blog on software development, and the creator of the project management software Trello.
- He was a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team between 1991 and 1994.
- He later founded Fog Creek Software in 2000 and launched the Joel on Software blog.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Joel Spolsky article was read about 30,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Joel Spolsky
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joel Spolsky (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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