Ryan

“There seems to be a divide between ‘motivated’ and ‘unmotivated’ groups in continued learning and education level. And it seems polarized.

Either they’re obsessed with programming and their career progression, or they are only mildly interested as a means to make a living, and be able to do other things with their life. Not judging that motivation

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Multiple studies conducted at Harvard, Stanford, and others discuss the benefits of remote or hybrid work in terms of employee satisfaction and retention. However, other studies have shown that face-to-face interactions at the workplace, both planned and serendipitous, trigger the flow of knowledge, sharing of values, and exchange of ideas, which c... See more

On the one hand, a group is a collection of individuals who coordinate their efforts. On the other hand, a team is a group that is bound by shared responsibilities and goals. Their members work together and share mutual accountability to solve problems and achieve common goals.

About 10% of US employees now regularly work from home (WFH), but there are concerns this can lead to “shirking from home.” We report the results of a WFH experiment at CTrip, a 16,000- employee, NASDAQ-listed Chinese travel agency. Call center employees who volunteered to WFH were randomly assigned to work from home or in the office for 9 months. ... See more

They are self-motivated, with a thirst to learn and prove themselves to their peers. They also respond very well to gamification (or what I call ‘explicit and structured competition,’ e.g: show them often how many points they all have and who is ‘winning’)”

As a software engineering leader who wishes to make your team effective, you serve as an anchor that connects individual team members to the shared responsibilities and goals of the team. You provide the vision, direction, guidance, and environmental framework necessary to form this connection.