Let me start out my saying that I simply love the writings of Joel Spolsky [ more about him ], CEO of FogCreek Software , and have been a follower of his well written and well thought out essays on software development and management on his Weblog "Joel on Software" ( http://www.joelonsoftware.com ). He has also published a number of great books on building good software and good software companies, many of which already have a home on my bookshelf. One of his earlier articles he posted...
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I am having a bit of a debate about what motivates people in the IT industry. I think we are a bit of a different breed, and all the research that you can find on the net is generally aimed at generic business set-ups. If you would be so kind please could you order these motivators in order of most motivating to least motivating from your perspective. If there is something that seriously motivates you that I have left out, please add it in. t raining socials salary increase employee of the year award...