When they don’t know what to do, they’ll do what they know.
My team once took on Project X, which was vital to the department’s success. We had quite a few other projects going on, so I paused the other projects so we all could focus on it. People were happy with this idea, and that we’d all work together to accomplish it. But after a […]
Where did the motivation go?
Smart people, like programmers, are motivated by solving problems. The challenge is what motivates them. The popularity of video games, role playing games, and escape rooms testify to this. Lucky for us, building software well is a difficult challenge. Why, then, do so many programmers feel bored with their jobs? There is still software to […]