Carrot and Stick: that doesn’t work on Programmers

Re:Carrot and Stick: that doesn’t work on Programmers by Drdrdrq on Saturday January 07, 2017 @01:47PM (#13345796)

> Good programmers are probably less likely to be randomly looking for work. They analyze company culture and career opportunities first before joining any organization.

Depends. Not all good programmers know how important this is, so you can find pearls hidden deep in the mud. For some time at least.

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Re:Carrot and Stick: that doesn’t work on Programmers by crdoconnor on Saturday January 07, 2017 @01:55PM (#13345848)

>you can find pearls hidden deep in the mud. For some time at least.

They won't necessarily stay for long though.

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Re:Carrot and Stick: that doesn’t work on Programmers by Drdrdrq on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:16PM (#13345968)

True. But I know of couple of examples where they found enough incentive to stay for years - be it good pay (even programmers are humans), pet projects, sense of loyalty, fear of change or any combination of those.

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Re:Carrot and Stick: that doesn’t work on Programmers by mrmrcoleman on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:07PM (#13345919)

That's what Drdrdrq was saying with the line "For some time at least."

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