Tikkabik

Joel Spolsky of Fog Creek Software is in the midst of office construction, and it's given him the opportunity to compare and contrast the processes of building and software development:

"The software industry needs to become more like the mature trades with predictable schedules and budgets."

Well, what I've learned from my first large construction project is that this is hogwash. The building industry doesn't know how to do anything on schedule or on budget, either.

Preach the word, Brother Joel. Preach on.