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26 Nov 07

» Top 10 Ways to Motivate Geeks >> The Retrospector

  • This point is based on the notion that if a geek feels his ability to gain knowledge is hindered he’ll try to find it somewhere else. Let them satisfy their curiosities with the task of picking up the latest technologies and applying them as they see fit. (Even if it’s just for a prototype.)
  • Don’t hinder their creativity, just let them figure it out. The exception to this is probably in design. You obviously have to define your interfaces between components and have your requirements for the implementation. Let the details get figured out by whoever’s doing the dirty work. You can optimize things later if they aren’t up to par.
02 Mar 06

How to Manage Geeks

  • A good deal of the credit for Novell's turnaround must go to Schmidt, who excels
    at getting the best out of his geeks. He has used his tech savvy to bring focus
    to Novell's product line and his geek-cred to reenergize a workforce of highly
    skilled but (until
  • "They are taught to think logically. If you ask engineers a precise question,
    they will give you a precisely truthful answer. That also tends to mean that
    they'll only answer the question that you asked them. If you don't ask them
    exactly the right question, sometimes they'll evade you -- not because they're
    lying but because they're being so scrupulously truthful."
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