Literally the best way to motivate programmers on your team is to threaten to do it yourself.
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Replying to @DanielleFong
Have you ever read The Soul of a New Machine? There’s a great account of how they motivated (and vetted) their engineers, and it really was all about getting (or missing out on) the opportunity to do something great. Basically, FOMO.
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YES I HAVE! It is an *incredible* book! Totally inspirational and I learned a lot from their success and failure: "The bigger game was "pinball". "You win one game, you get to play another. You win with this machine, you get to build the next." Pinball was what counted."


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Replying to @DanielleFong
OMG finally someone who’s read it! It’s literally poetry about programming. And a fucking thriller!!!!
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Replying to @culteyes
Original recommendation by
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Following!
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I wonder if they'll *ever* actually use it. Steve uses Quora a lothttps://www.quora.com/profile/Steve-Crane-4 …
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