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		Nate75Sanders on Dec 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The $150k Solution If the kind of people who get paid $150K to write software are having trouble getting motivated, maybe you made a mistake in hiring them, or at least paying them $150K.

karamazov on Dec 12, 2011 [–]

If I paid you $250k to lay on a couch very quietly, staring into space and not sleeping, for 8 hours a day, how long would you stay motivated?

(Note: This is reducto ad absurdum, not a comment on how interesting writing bad software may or may not be.)

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