Motivation of software professionals
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From: Nick Keighley on 7 Feb 2010 10:04 On 5 Feb, 11:19, Stefan Kiryazov <stefan.kirya...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am doing a research about motivation in software development, the > most efficient practices to motivate software engineers, their > popularity, etc. > > As a part of the research, I am doing an online survey for software > engineers and managers in software development. It takes just several > minutes and filling it is a good opportunity to share your opinion > about the motivation practices being used in the software industry > today:http://ask.wizefish.com/en/MotivationSurvey.aspx > > Anyone who does the survey and leaves any contacts will be sent the > results. > > Also, if someone is running a web site or blog dedicated to any aspect > of software development we can do some link exchange. > > Regards, > Stefan Kiryazov
From: James Kanze on 7 Feb 2010 18:33 On Feb 5, 12:23 pm, Richard Cornford <Rich...(a)litotes.demon.co.uk> wrote: > On Feb 5, 11:19 am, Stefan Kiryazov wrote: > > I am doing a research about motivation in software > > development, the most efficient practices to motivate > > software engineers, their popularity, etc. > Strange question; the most efficient motivator of > professionals is money, and money is very popular. Yes and no. Obviously, money plays a role---some of us have expensive habits, like eating regularly, that have to be paid for. But it has its limits, and I've rarely seen money alone motivate the best performance (in anything). -- James Kanze
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 7 Feb 2010 21:18 MarkusSchaber wrote: > On 5 Feb., 13:23, Richard Cornford <Rich...(a)litotes.demon.co.uk> > wrote: >> On Feb 5, 11:19 am, Stefan Kiryazov wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I am doing a research about motivation in software development, >>> the most efficient practices to motivate software engineers, >>> their popularity, etc. >> Strange question; the most efficient motivator of professionals is >> money, [...] > > This was proven wrong by Science. Read Bruce Eckels excellent blog > entries about this topic, he always references relliable sources on > this subject. Depends. Right now I am primarily motivated by money, or at least the lack of it. -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show
From: MarkusSchaber on 8 Feb 2010 02:15 Hi, Dirk, On 8 Feb., 03:18, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> I am doing a research about motivation in software development, > >>> the most efficient practices to motivate software engineers, > >>> their popularity, etc. > >> Strange question; the most efficient motivator of professionals is > >> money, [...] > > This was proven wrong by Science. Read Bruce Eckels excellent blog > > entries about this topic, he always references relliable sources on > > this subject. > Depends. > Right now I am primarily motivated by money, or at least the lack of it. I won't dispute that money is a motivator, but it is not the most efficient motivator. The more money you pay, the more you will attract those developers which are purely after the money, and not the really good ones. For the latter ones, a certain level on the paycheck is enough to give attention to fun, excitement, atmosphere and such factors.
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 8 Feb 2010 07:52
MarkusSchaber wrote: > Hi, Dirk, > > On 8 Feb., 03:18, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> I am doing a research about motivation in software development, >>>>> the most efficient practices to motivate software engineers, >>>>> their popularity, etc. >>>> Strange question; the most efficient motivator of professionals is >>>> money, [...] >>> This was proven wrong by Science. Read Bruce Eckels excellent blog >>> entries about this topic, he always references relliable sources on >>> this subject. >> Depends. >> Right now I am primarily motivated by money, or at least the lack of it. > > I won't dispute that money is a motivator, but it is not the most > efficient motivator. The more money you pay, the more you will attract > those developers which are purely after the money, and not the really > good ones. For the latter ones, a certain level on the paycheck is > enough to give attention to fun, excitement, atmosphere and such > factors. I once joked with an employer that if he paid me twice as much I would only have to work half as long :-) -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show |