> So we hired sales people with expensive hobbies, and watched them work the magic. In case anyone misses the reference, there was a post on HN a while back ab

> So we hired sales people with expensive hobbies, and watched them work the magic. In case anyone misses the reference, there was a post on HN a while back about why you want salespeople to have expensive hobbies. It basically boiled down to this: Sales staff get paid more if they make more sales; people with expensive hobbies need to get paid more; sales staff with expensive hobbies need to make more sales to fund their lifestyles, and will thus be more driven to do so.