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		moe on Dec 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The $150k Solution until it's your job to make 10 top-notch programmers who are each convinced they are great architects to all write code that somebody else is going to pay for. That makes no sense. That isn't your job, it's your CTO's job.

HeyLaughingBoy on Dec 12, 2011 [–]

And if you're the CTO?

moe on Dec 12, 2011 | [–]

Good programmers love what they do with passion.

If you're the CTO and manage to ruin this so bad for them that "motivating the team" becomes an ongoing concern then you should be fired.

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