5 reasons you should fire a workaholic programmer

English Original: 5 reasons why should fire workaholic programmers

David Heinemeier Hansson said that workaholic does not solve the financial dilemma of start-ups. Instead of relying on compulsive implementations of your ideas, he argues, it's better to have a strategy that will allow creative and interesting people to invest in your vision.

Want to save money for your start-up company? Do not have to hire a workaholic so that you can pay less than the luck mentality. Heinemeier Hansson, a famous racer, amateur photographer and inventor of the Ruby on Rails WEB application framework, explained in a blog why he suggested firing a workaholic.

Heinemeier Hansson was inspired by Jason Calacanis's "a list of savings proposals for start-ups" a few years ago and also published some tips. Suggestions for communicating and using the Microsoft Office software over the telephone system are generally not contested, but when it comes to firing employees-not allowing them to put too much time into action-many employers will vote against it.

In his book "Agile Web Development with Rails", Heinemeier Hansson has clearly answered 5 reasons why founders should dismiss a workaholic:

1. 14 hours a day of work, in the long run will only lead to exhaustion, the emergence of job burnout, can not improve efficiency. This collapse could have a heavy impact on the operation-and, according to Murphy's law, could cause the greatest damage.
2. The workaholic believes that the way to solve the problem is to keep putting extra time into the problem. These employees are often far less productive than those who are nimble and agile and always find creative solutions.
3. Employees who are always late for work often do not do business at reasonable hours. This is a "clock" mentality, sitting there until very late is a duty, in fact, does not mean that they are producing.
4. Life is not just about work. In order to make important value judgments, you need to live your life outside of the office. Heinemeier Hansson that this is an important aspect of the great work.
5. Heinemeier Hansson wants to work with interesting people, although most people may get along happily, but a workaholic often doesn't discuss interesting topics at lunchtime.

Heinemeier Hansson is not ambiguous in his view. He made it clear that a purely workaholic attitude is actually a sign of poor start-ups:

If your start-up can only be successful by squeezing out the flesh and blood of its employees, then it means that your ideas are simply not good enough. Go back to the planning stage and think of a better way to get all the employees, not to put them on the horse.

Jason Calacanis said behind his article that employees need passion. Heinemeier Hansson that this is the position and attitude that all founders of a start-up company should stick to.

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5 reasons you should fire a workaholic programmer