tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193630162977872529.post8738434735819329912..comments2023-09-28T06:12:49.795-06:00Comments on Gates on "Stuff": Coding Horror: Leading by ExampleGates VPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840555181094178187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193630162977872529.post-62280091481478146572007-08-22T17:51:00.000-06:002007-08-22T17:51:00.000-06:00Point #2 is right on: morale = positive reinforcem...Point #2 is right on: morale = positive reinforcement, my favorite method<BR/><BR/>As to point #3, I've actually been the "manager's bane" pretty much everywhere I've worked. They all love me b/c I get stuff done really well and hate me b/c I make them do their job.<BR/><BR/>When my government contract needed new documents written I asked them for templates or required information and then simplyGates VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840555181094178187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193630162977872529.post-85742112811612013072007-08-22T16:36:00.000-06:002007-08-22T16:36:00.000-06:00WRT to #1, part if it might actually be that they ...WRT to #1, part if it might actually be that they don't UNDERSTAND the person is showing them a better way to develop software. I'm always amazed of the pure ego programmers seem to have and the willingness to say "whatever arbitrary way I decide to do something is the one and only proper way to do it and everyone else is an idiot". Your all-stars are the people who happen to do things right Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com