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using the product means followup work=$$$ Marc Clifton13-Jan-03 1:38 Marc Clifton 13-Jan-03 1:38  Ummm, that shouldn't imply ANYTHING about the QUALITY of my WORK. I think seeing my client actually use the product is the best. I've usually put more effort into something than I'm actually compensated for (yes, dreaming about the d*mn thing DOES count in my book), and there's nothing like feeling I wasted a year or more of my life when a project gets cancelled or put on the shelf. And if I do a good job, there's followup work, which means more $$$! Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator. Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka I once saw a project team get... Anna-Jayne Metcalfe12-Jan-03 22:52 Anna-Jayne Metcalfe 12-Jan-03 22:52  ...a Mars Bar each for winning a contract and delivering ahead of time. Not surprisingly, they were on the verge of mutiny afterwards! Some companyy's just don't have any idea how to motivate employees... Anna www.annasplace.me.uk "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++ Re: I once saw a project team get... SimonS12-Jan-03 23:04 SimonS 12-Jan-03 23:04  Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Mars Bar each for winning a contract and delivering ahead of time. Suppose that's better than a kick in the . . . Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: companyy's just don't have any idea how to motivate employees A company I used to work for had birthday parties for the company! One year we the company got a table tennis table. Woohoo. Nothing like a 5-setter a few times a day. Cheers, Simon "The day I swan around in expensive suits is the day I hope someone puts a bullet in my head.", Chris Carter. my svg article Re: I once saw a project team get... Gary Wheeler13-Jan-03 1:36 Gary Wheeler 13-Jan-03 1:36  Jeez. They could have at least given them Reese's Cups (the four pack, of course). Software Zen: delete this; Re: I once saw a project team get... Stefan Spenz13-Jan-03 5:14 Stefan Spenz 13-Jan-03 5:14  Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Mars Bar Tasty. Looks like these guys are a little overmodest... When I was young my mother told me to clean up my room, I told her -1! Re: I once saw a project team get... Anonymous14-Jan-03 20:50 Anonymous 14-Jan-03 20:50  hmmmm... MARS BARS.. I wonder how did they afford the budget for this? ;P If I was a cynical cow... Anna-Jayne Metcalfe14-Jan-03 21:57 Anna-Jayne Metcalfe 14-Jan-03 21:57  ...I'd suggest that as the Mars factory was about half a mile away it was just possible that someone in management had a friend or family member working there who got freebies... Anna www.annasplace.me.uk "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++ Re: I once saw a project team get... peterchen14-Jan-03 21:47 peterchen 14-Jan-03 21:47  Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Mars Bar As in "Candy Bar", like Snickers??? Those who not hear the music think the dancers are mad.  [sighist] [Agile Programming] Re: I once saw a project team get... Anna-Jayne Metcalfe14-Jan-03 21:53 Anna-Jayne Metcalfe 14-Jan-03 21:53  Yep, though I've never seen a "Candy Bar" in the UK I couldn't believe it either. Anna www.annasplace.me.uk "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++ Show me the money Christian Graus12-Jan-03 22:41 Christian Graus 12-Jan-03 22:41  It's not that I'm ONLY in it for the money, but it's the way of showing appreciation that hurts the most, and so it's the one that means the most as well. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002 Cash? Come on! SimonS12-Jan-03 20:29 SimonS 12-Jan-03 20:29  OK, OK, we need to pay the bills, but surely this isn't the goal that everyone strives for. Cheers, Simon "The day I swan around in expensive suits is the day I hope someone puts a bullet in my head.", Chris Carter. my svg article Re: Cash? Come on! Peet Schultz12-Jan-03 21:48 Peet Schultz 12-Jan-03 21:48  A balance between financial incentive and recognition? Regards Peet Schultz SA Re: Cash? Come on! SimonS12-Jan-03 22:14 SimonS 12-Jan-03 22:14  A balance would be cool. Cool: another South African! Our numbers are growing and assimilation will become possible. Cheers, Simon "The day I swan around in expensive suits is the day I hope someone puts a bullet in my head.", Chris Carter. my svg article Re: Cash? Come on! KiwiPiet12-Jan-03 23:42 KiwiPiet 12-Jan-03 23:42  Resistance is futile! Money is power! Cheers Pieter Pieter Jansen van Vuuren Web: href="http://www.psh.co.za">www.psh.co.za Re: Cash? Come on! SimonS12-Jan-03 23:48 SimonS 12-Jan-03 23:48  mwdiablo wrote: href="http://www.psh.co.za">www.psh.co.za ha ha Pieter, jou moer! Go and buy that "HTML for dummies"! Cheers, Simon "The day I swan around in expensive suits is the day I hope someone puts a bullet in my head.", Chris Carter. my svg article Re: Cash? Come on! Gavin Greig12-Jan-03 22:38 Gavin Greig 12-Jan-03 22:38  I took "inspires" in this context to mean "What makes me most want to continue doing this?". I swithered a bit between cash and seeing people use the product, and came down on cash because that's the most sincere appreciation a business can offer. For a business to pay me money, particularly if it's money not in my basic contract, I must have done something right, and it's been recognised by other people. I get personal satisfaction out of seeing the product used, but the question was "What reward do you most appreciate?". Having the product used doesn't necesarily equate to any appreciation of my work, so business putting its hand in its pocket is the winner. Gavin Greig "Haw, you're no deid," girned Charon. "Get aff ma boat or ah'll report ye." Matthew Fitt - The Hoose O Haivers: The Twelve Trauchles O Heracles. Re: Cash? Come on! Stefan Spenz13-Jan-03 5:12 Stefan Spenz 13-Jan-03 5:12  Sure money is the thing I work for, otherwise I would only code what I want When I was young my mother told me to clean up my room, I told her -1!

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