Number of Founded Organizations 3
CB Rank (Person) 22,170
  • Primary Job Title Co-Founder
  • Primary Organization 
    Discourse

I'm Jeff Atwood. I live in Berkeley, CA with my wife, two cats, one three children, and a whole lot of computers. I was weaned as a software developer on various implementations of Microsoft BASIC in the 80's, starting with my first microcomputer, the Texas Instruments TI-99/4a. I continued on the PC with Visual Basic 3.0 and Windows

3.1 in the early 90's, although I also spent significant time writing Pascal code in the first versions of Delphi. I am now quite comfortable in VB.NET or C#, despite the evils of case sensitivity. I'm currently learning Ruby.

I consider myself a reasonably experienced Windowsweb software developer with a particular interest in the human side of software development, as represented in my recommended developer reading list. Computers are fascinating machines, but they're mostly a reflection of the people using them. In the art of software development, studying code isn't enough; you have to study the people behind the software, too.

Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 1
Jeff Atwood has 2 current jobs as Co-Founder at Discourse and Co-Founder & CTO at Stack Exchange. Additionally, Jeff Atwood has had 1 past job as the Co-Founder at Stack Overflow.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Stack Overflow
Co-Founder
Number of Events 2
Jeff Atwood has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, All Things Open on Oct 23, 2017.