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From: Hillbilly on 6 Feb 2010 18:57 Which is why I rarely participate as they are ALWAYS FUBAR and BIASED. "Richard Cornford" <Richard(a)litotes.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:62cdf238-b5ce-4d42-aaa0-1ebe099a01d9(a)k41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > 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, and money is very popular. > >> As a part of the research, I am doing an online survey for >> software engineers and managers in software development. > <snip> > > This would be more convincing as an academic exercise, as opposed to, > say, spam intended to encourage visitors to some web page with the > intention of gaining advertising revenue, if there were not so many > advertisements on the page. > > In any event, your survey needs the addition of a large number of > "This question makes no sense" option checkboxes, as it is > unanswerable as it is. > > Richard.
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: James Kanze on 7 Feb 2010 18:35 On Feb 5, 12:39 pm, Anthony Williams <anthony....(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Richard Cornford <Rich...(a)litotes.demon.co.uk> writes: > > 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. > Whilst people like money, it's not necessary the most > efficient motivator. Developers also like interesting, > challenging, varied work, work with new technologies, flexible > hours, freedom to do what they feel is technically best > without being hampered by management dictat and many other > things. Amongst other things. Two of the most important motivaters are peer approval and admiration, and personal satisfaction with the results. -- James Kanze
From: James Kanze on 7 Feb 2010 18:43
On Feb 5, 3:14 pm, Patricia Shanahan <p...(a)acm.org> wrote: [...] > That said, by definition professionals are, to some extent, in > it for the money. If they were not, they would be amateurs as > I am now. How that is balanced against interesting work, > physical working conditions, status, etc. varies. I'm not sure if the word "professional" has the same conotations in English as it does in French, but from the French meaning, I don't think you can be truely a "professional" if you're only in it for the money. "Professional" implies being paid for what you do, but it also implies a certain degree of personal standards with regards to quality and such---a "professional" will take pride in his work. -- James Kanze |