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Re:To motivate people, talk about the context of the work to... by Jtsummers on Friday November 15, 2019 @04:15PM (#21548835)
Who are they making the apps for? Are they making the enterprises work better? Are they meeting the actual users and identifying their pain-points while developing solutions?

Or are they just getting a list of requirements from a middle-manager (rather than the user) who doesn't actually know what needs to be done?

The former can help motivate them and also help them develop better systems (that fit the real user needs, not management's perceived needs).

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Re:To motivate people, talk about the context of the work to... by dragonsky on Friday November 15, 2019 @10:35PM (#21550826)
Some of the most technically mundane projects I’ve worked on have been the most exciting simply because the impact it would have on the people who would use it. Oh and I was talking to those users to get a good handle on what they needed and how it would help.
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