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Re:How do you make programming fun again? by dmos62 on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @03:21PM (#7669345)
Helpful. Thanks. I enjoyed a TED talk (http://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow) by the author of the book you suggested, I might read it.
Re:How do you make programming fun again? by loumf on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @04:30PM (#7669765)
Reading it now -- it's somewhat academic, but comprehensive. Many people have recommended Dan Pink's "Drive" as a good popular summary of the findings.

Flow would be a deep-dive after that -- I skipped Drive, because I was already reading a lot about it, and was looking for deeper information.

Peopleware also covers this topic from a programmer-centric perspective.