Erik Dietrich has a great article expanding on this principle [1]. [1]https://daedtech.com/how-to-keep-your-best-programmers/ https://daedtech.com/how-to-keep-

Erik Dietrich has a great article expanding on this principle [1]. [1]https://daedtech.com/how-to-keep-your-best-programmers/ https://daedtech.com/how-to-keep-your-best-programmers/ EDIT: a comment on that link makes the point one of the best ways to retain great developers is to surround them with other great developers. I think this hits the nail on the head.