On their website, they show a bug tracking app, a version control app, and some organizing app. Apart from the money, I don't see anything that would make me excited about working there. Do they work on anything else?
Yes, they make their own (awful) programming language, that spits out VBscript, PHP etc, to write their products in. I kid you not, it's called Wasabi -- though I'm not sure if they use it still.
For all the advice on hiring Joel has given (and its annoying tone for what is, basically, a very simple app company, and not even a very exciting one at that), you'd think they were coding for the space program or something.
Unlike most tech companies started these days, Fog Creek was not started with a product idea; rather, with the goal of being a great place to work (specifically, for software devs). Some people (myself included) find it quite fulfilling to work reasonable hours with great people on interesting tech stacks, even if we aren't making the hottest new app or chasing the next huge exit.
For all the advice on hiring Joel has given (and its annoying tone for what is, basically, a very simple app company, and not even a very exciting one at that), you'd think they were coding for the space program or something.