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by csihar 4884 days ago
Show them how much money they can make if they stick with it. Spending a solid year and maybe a hundred bucks on books to teach yourself how to code can easily get you a higher starting wage than a lot of people with bachelor's degrees and tens of thousands in student loan debt.
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They need to be intrinsically motivated or else they will be B or C players. I'm only interested in cultivating A players. It's something I can't do, and it's something that would be extremely valuable to any organization (like any company I run for instance.)