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Re:Carrot and Stick: that doesn’t work on Programmers by throwaway2016a on Saturday January 07, 2017 @04:09PM (#13346644)
I'd like to reword it as "Programmers don't code for money. But if they code for other people it better be good money."

I will gladly work on a side project all night and weekends with no expectation of a return. But if it's your idea that I'm working on, I insist on being paid well for it.

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Re:Carrot and Stick: that doesn’t work on Programmers by YeGoblynQueenne on Saturday January 07, 2017 @04:24PM (#13346727)
That's especially true since the time you're working on job stuff is time away from your pet project. Basically you're losing your full night's sleep and weekends not to work on your pet project, but to go to work.
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