Cross Cutting Concerns Podcast

Andrea Cremese wrote a dissertation on developer motivation. Show Notes: Dissertation: - Managing Software Engineer’s Engagement and the Psychological Contract to Promote Innovation: A Review of the Current Trends in the American Technology Industry. Frederick Herzberg talks about "hygiene factors" in the book: Motivation to Work Check out episode 36 on the film Pirates of Silicon Valley for some talk about Xerox PARC Some positive examples, per Andrea: Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Amazon Smartsheet Glassdoor is a site where employees review their employer. I’m not terribly keen on it, especially when there is a small sample size, but it could be a useful tool in some situations. Dan Ariely was mentioned, check out his TED talk What makes us feel good about our work? Some quotes regarding Ariely that Andrea wanted me to share: Large Stakes and Big Mistakes, (Dan Ariely one of the authors), quote: "Workers in a wide variety of jobs are paid based on performance, w