Mark Garcia extends Joel Spolsky's suggested "company quiz" that has to do with rating the quality of a software development organization.
Mark's addition of "Do you fix bugs before implementing new features?" resonated with me. In every product I've ever worked on, the priority has always been on delivering new features rather than refactoring code and eliminating technical debt until the product is in pure maintenance mode. Manufacturing companies seem to understand striving for continuous incremental improvement thing, software companies seem to relatively more short sighted point of view.
Another question that would be useful from my perspective is the level of employee turnover and how employee success is measured.
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