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A comment on Ask HN: How can I motivate my talented dev to give a shit?.

Re:Ask HN: How can I motivate my talented dev to give a shit? by huherto on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @04:57PM (#3023665)
- Put some rules on twitter/facebook. For example (I think) PG has a separate computer to browse the web. He has to seat in another chair to do that.

- Understand why he is having trouble focusing. Does he have impediments and he avoids them by going to twitter/facebook ?

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Re:Ask HN: How can I motivate my talented dev to give a shit? by parrots on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @05:29PM (#3023772)
"Putting rules on things" is the path to the dark side - aka corporate proxies.
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Re:Ask HN: How can I motivate my talented dev to give a shit? by howcanisaythis on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @05:38PM (#3023802)
Exactly...I don't mind facebook or twitter at work. Heck, I spend a good 30-45 minutes a day there. That's normal.

The problem is when it's 80% of the day, and that's where we seem to be at this week.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I motivate my talented dev to give a shit? by pavel_lishin on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @05:03PM (#3023681)
Perhaps he simply ran out of ADD medication. Happened to me two weeks ago.
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