On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:17:12AM -0600, Lars Rasmussen wrote: > Does anyone have suggestions for promoting a geek culture at their workplace? >
Some of the comments on this I'll leave alone, as I'm not much into oddball games. However, a few thoughts... * Coddle their eyeballs. Geeks spend a lot of time looking at their monitors. Get them good ones. I just bought a second one for my desk. See to it their work places are well lit, and bring out the contrast on the monitors, so as to be easy on the eyeball. Cover their eyeballs in their insurance benefits, and be sure they can get good prostheses. * See to it they have good, ergonomic chairs and other furniture. Support their backs. Let them be comfortable enough to work but not so comfortable that they go to sleep. Too much. Give them room to spread out; the typical cube doesn't do it. Claustrophobia is not conducive to productivity. * Caffeine! Have good coffee, lots of it and set it up so they make their own, and keep the equipment clean themselves. * Keep the distractions down. Let them alone to do their work. This is both an office design issue and a management issue. This means the work place should be quiet. Those who want loud music can have it: get them (or let them bring in their own) good earphones. Here "good" means both quality of sound and quality of sound dampening. * Above all, keep them challenged. You don't have to pay geeks top dollar. You do have to keep them challenged or you won't keep them long. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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