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Useless. Extrinsic motivation will never get someone to work productively for 80 hours a week. After somewhere around 30-ish it's gotta be intrinsic desire-to
by jaggederest 20y ago
Useless. Extrinsic motivation will never get someone to work productively for 80 hours a week.
After somewhere around 30-ish it's gotta be intrinsic desire-to-make-thing-better, not 'ooh I get paid more'
- pg 20y agoWorked for me.
- jaggederest 20y agoAre you sure your motives were entirely pay-by-the-minute? Aren't you proud of what you built? Pride is intrinsic motivation. Joy of programming is intrinsic motivation. Beating the other guy is intrinsic motivation. 'If I write five more lines I get another dollar' is extrinsic motivation
- sbraford 20y agoYes, to work 80 I'd better damn near have a crapload of equity. OR, it's gotta be a YouTube, Facebook, or some other really hot startup with tons of growth and potential. (not another also ran like a good chunk of Web 2.0 startups are becoming... sadly)
- dfranke 20y agoI think you need two out of three: 1. Desire to make things better. 2. Desire to get rich. 3. Pressure from friends to succeed.