I'm curious what the licensing costs are for their Microsoft stack. Stack Exchange was in BizSpark early on so they got a pretty good discount, but they can't be anymore since it's been more than 3 years.
One of the reasons the MS stack gets a bad rap is that it has been adopted by a lot of enterprises and a lot of poor developers.<p>You can write something inefficient in any stack, but it seems like there's a larger proportion of unskilled to skilled developers working in the MS stack.<p>Edit: To clarify, I work in the MS stack 9-5.
How do you like working on a Mac on a Windows stack? I work on a Mac on a Linux stack and it's very straightforward. We have some Windows applications have have to rely on remote desktop.
Taking a peek behind the curtain.<p>Also, shameless plug for our new portuguese site: <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2014/01/ola-mundo-announcing-stack-overflow-in-portuguese/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2014/01/ola-mundo-announcing-s...</a>
Is it a Microsoft stack all the way down or are there parts of the codebase that are written in other languages? In my mind, when a company gets big enough you usually get different teams writing in different code bases if it fits into their problem domain better.
What is the arch-shaped object to the left of his keyboard in the picture of his new Mac?<p>Edit: Nevermind, found it under Accessories on Apple.com. It's a BookArc Pro by Twelve South - <a href="http://store.apple.com/us/product/HA242ZM/A/twelve-south-bookarc-pro-vertical-desktop-stand" rel="nofollow">http://store.apple.com/us/product/HA242ZM/A/twelve-south-boo...</a>
Very interesting read, thanks for posting.<p>Out of curiosity, since you mentioned you're a self-taught programmer -- what did you major in at college?