Learning from StackOverflow.com

Why it was recommended

Watch Joel's tech talk - they really did figure a ton of it out at the start.

Recommendationpbiggar · Original2011-02

What it covers

Joel Spolsky's 2009 Google Tech Talk on why StackOverflow was built, how it addresses the mess of searching for programming help, and the community design behind it. He also. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

Google TechTalks

Length

51 min 59 sec

Year

2009

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