Comments on: Top 10 Ways to Motivate Geeks http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/ A hindsight perspective on the everlasting trail of improvement. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:32:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: m00k http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/#comment-19025 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:15:55 +0000 http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/#comment-19025 I agree 90%. But not sure about number 6. I'm a geek and I hate free t-shirts. Just show me the tech. I agree 90%. But not sure about number 6. I’m a geek and I hate free t-shirts. Just show me the tech.

]]> by: Alessandro Baxter http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/#comment-18219 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:32:04 +0000 http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/#comment-18219 This one makes sence "One's first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything." This one makes sence “One’s first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything - and one’s last is to come to terms with everything.”

]]> by: Discord&Rhyme: Top 10 Ways to De-Motivate Geeks http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/#comment-18108 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:07:18 +0000 http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/#comment-18108 [...] Everyone has a price. Sometimes, though, the cost isn't measured in dollars and cents. I recently read the article Top Ten Ways to Motivate Geeks, and being a geek myself, I got thinking about the inverse argument: what can a manager do to piss off their technical underlings such that they are less productive? After talking with a few of my fellow geeks, I present, in no particular order, our humble list of ways to de-motivate the technophiles that work for you. Note that I use the word "geek" to represent anyone that works with technology on a day-to-day basis, but particularly people working in software development or IT. [...] […] Everyone has a price. Sometimes, though, the cost isn’t measured in dollars and cents. I recently read the article Top Ten Ways to Motivate Geeks, and being a geek myself, I got thinking about the inverse argument: what can a manager do to piss off their technical underlings such that they are less productive? After talking with a few of my fellow geeks, I present, in no particular order, our humble list of ways to de-motivate the technophiles that work for you. Note that I use the word “geek” to represent anyone that works with technology on a day-to-day basis, but particularly people working in software development or IT. […]

]]> by: Nick Benik http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/#comment-17496 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:00:32 +0000 http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/#comment-17496 I'd just like to comment on Jacob's rant on how geeks should try harder to conform to established corporate structures and if they don't, "payback is a bitch." First off, You (and business executives) need to look at the business environment to properly assess your "cost/benefit" calculation. If you want to look at your geeks in a cost/benefit way and a company called Google wants to change the "soft-costs" of all the IT sector and adds the above mentioned benefits, and builds a culture around it, your company absolutely not going to benefit as a result. Your company's geeks are going to jump ship. Even while your company starts to match, or even fully matches the benefits, your company will still be operating with a "cost/benefit" mindset. Maybe after you have 100% turn over in your IT department will that mindset not be so prevalent. It does not even have to be a 100% turn over, just all the best and brightest in your IT department, that's all that Google wants anyways. The costs of replacing them and their domain knowledge of your enterprise will be several times over the cost of finding and hiring a replacement. I’d just like to comment on Jacob’s rant on how geeks should try harder to conform to established corporate structures and if they don’t, “payback is a bitch.” First off, You (and business executives) need to look at the business environment to properly assess your “cost/benefit” calculation. If you want to look at your geeks in a cost/benefit way and a company called Google wants to change the “soft-costs” of all the IT sector and adds the above mentioned benefits, and builds a culture around it, your company absolutely not going to benefit as a result. Your company’s geeks are going to jump ship. Even while your company starts to match, or even fully matches the benefits, your company will still be operating with a “cost/benefit” mindset. Maybe after you have 100% turn over in your IT department will that mindset not be so prevalent. It does not even have to be a 100% turn over, just all the best and brightest in your IT department, that’s all that Google wants anyways. The costs of replacing them and their domain knowledge of your enterprise will be several times over the cost of finding and hiring a replacement.

]]> by: BloomBurst » Blog Archive » How to Motivate Geeks http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/#comment-14287 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:43:13 +0000 http://www.retrospector.com/2006/06/21/top-10-ways-to-motivate-geeks/#comment-14287 [...] The Retrospector Blog has a perfect complement for the BloomBurst Hypocritical Guide to Productivity: The Top 10 Ways to Motivate Geeks. A few of my favorites (paraphrased): [...] […] The Retrospector Blog has a perfect complement for the BloomBurst Hypocritical Guide to Productivity: The Top 10 Ways to Motivate Geeks. A few of my favorites (paraphrased): […]

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