From: MarkusSchaber on
On 5 Feb., 13:23, Richard Cornford <Rich...(a)litotes.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
> 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, [...]

This was proven wrong by Science. Read Bruce Eckels excellent blog
entries about this topic, he always references relliable sources on
this subject.
From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn on
Richard Cornford 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.

That would mean that the more you are paid, the more motivated you are,
which is obviously wrong. Money is only part of the equation. Money is a
factor of motivation in capitalism only because of the things that money can
buy, and which it means to others. But those things can be gained without
money as well, so you would probably be equally motivated if someone
provides them for work you have done. See, e.g., Maslow's hierarchy of
needs.


F'up2 poster

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From: Tom Anderson on
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Richard Cornford 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.

There's a robust body of work that suggests this is very much *not* the
case. Money motivates some people; technical people are more motivated by
interesting work and respect from their colleagues.

tom

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From: Pitch on
In article <xn0gq13rbbkcmzl000(a)msnews.microsoft.com>,
jgaines_newsid(a)yahoo.co.uk says...
>
> On 05/02/2010 in message
> <dabc5b6d-f342-466a-a4b6-8e7034956bd4(a)a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> Stefan
> Kiryazov wrote:
>
> >I am doing a research about motivation in software development, the
> >most efficient practices to motivate software engineers, their
> >popularity, etc.
>
> M O N E Y

for me it's women. ;)

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From: Saga on
"Stefan Ram" <ram(a)zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote in message
news:selection-20100205175941(a)ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de...
> Stefan Kiryazov <stefan.kiryazov(a)gmail.com> writes:
>>http://ask.wizefish.com/en/MotivationSurvey.aspx
>
> This survey has a strong selection bias:
>
> Real professionals are motivated by the money.
>
> But those motivated by money will not attend
> the survey as they are not being paid for it.

And those not motivated by money will also not
attend the survey because they'll think it is
offensive, catagorizing them as "non professional"
simply because they are not motivated by money.
Saga