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Judging how diverse engineering teams are with The Will Test

Nine questions to evaluate the inclusivity of your org
September 15, 2020

Nine questions to evaluate the inclusivity of your org

When Joel Spolsky published his blog post entitled The Joel Test back in 2000, it became a rubric that engineers and managers could use to evaluate the fitness of their software engineering teams. Some of the items of The Joel Test may seem passé now (I mean, if you’re a software company that doesn’t use source control and you’re reading this, it’s too late), but software development practices in 2000 were different to how they are now. At least that’s what I’m assuming because I was 13 years old.

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