David Cantrell wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:51:18PM +0000, Greg Cope wrote:
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> > What about a bed / kip room and of course a play room - and I do not
> > mean some 70's swingers thing - a P2, etc ...
>
> Having something to crash on when pulling an all-nighter is, IMO, a bad
> idea as it encourages pulling all-nighters. You just don't write good
> code at 2 in the morning, and end up spending just as much time untangling
> it as you did writing it in the first place. And in any case, if you
> *need* to work all night, there's something wrong with the project
> management. Oh yeah, we'd need to have project management skillz in the
> group too. No need for a whole project mangler though to start with.
I was thinking of my mid afternoon kip, before going down stairs to the
pub! I was only joking ;-)
Totaly agree with the all nighter bit above.
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> As for toys - if they're not the *useful* sort of toy then they should be
> rewards*, as opposed to being there right from the start. That way they
> become a motivational tool. Although to be honest, I wouldn't be motivated
> by lots of the things numija companies think are motivating like PS2s.
> I'd be more for getting a bigger monitor on my workstation, or a punchbag
> for the office. Or some clean jerrycans :-)
>
> * - eg, when the first big fat cheque arrives from a happy client, get
> a PS 2. When we hit milestones *on time* in the next project, get another
> game for it.
Ah, now motivational thoery is totally different - a PS2 is not that
motivational for me, and I would imaging alot of people. What _is_
probably motivational about a PS2 equiped office is the environment that
allows you to play with a PS2.
IMHO developers should be given the environment that is what makes them
confotable, an IBM research center was on the telly the other day that
had a big open plan style area, as well as individaul offices, as well
as Lego. The environment was totally focused to nuturing developers so
that they create (hopefully good, bug-free(TM) code).
What people seem to be missing is that you need clients - once you've
got some doing the code is the easy bit.
Greg
<Who could do the BOFH / security / perl bit .... but does not want to
commute further than his home office>
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