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Originally Posted by cthulhu_waves
Programmers and even web designers have no real sense of urgency. That concept is too foreign for their minds to grasp.
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You have just to find someone who knows that time equals money, and every wasted hour is wasted money. Try to find programmer who works as team leader. All the planning is based on available resources and costs. The are asking yourselves: how much money(time) will cost coding this module? Which one solution is more profitable (can be done in less time)? How to make this thing cheaper in later development (take less time to expand)?
If you want to have a project done in professional way, you must find someone who knows how to plan projects. If you are hiring lowest programmer in corporate grade, you are just wasting your money.
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Originally Posted by cthulhu_waves
You have to use tactics almost close to putting a gun on their head to finish a certain task.
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Yeah. Make him angry and leave you with half finished project, or disappear with your money.
If you want to have your projects needed in professional way, in time, you have to find a programmer and work with him regularly and in the best case, full-time. If a programmer know you will always have work for him, he will try to not disappoint you, because you are his source of income.
Try to have a good contact with your programmer. In my case, I work with a lot more pleasure for people I consider as my friends, with which I can laugh, talk about many non-work related topics. This reduces stress which is the greatest productivity killer and creating a good mood, which makes productivity better.
Also, you have to pay your programmer fairly. Programmers works for money... so what motivates them the best? They will always focus the best on high-salary projects and for people who pay them a lot. If you are paying programmer shit money, you will always have the lowest priority for him.
In summary: treat your programmer as a valuable person for your business. If you find a good programmer, never let him go and make him your best friend, not an enemy.