This post is special because it stems from a question I received via email. I think it is a great question because in tech it is very easy to meet the smart programmer that is a pain-in-the-ass to work with. Performance is bracketed to 2 major categories, those of skill and those of behavior (one [...]
I came across this article recently that detailed an economics experiment where field workers compensation was based on their performance. They conducted a series of experiments where compensation was tightly tied to performance and saw significant productivity gains each time. From the article: “They proposed a “tournament” scheme in which workers were allowed to sort [...]