Re: [FWP] persuasion

[Derek Balling <dredd@megacity.org>]

At 04:02 PM 7/1/99 -0700, Peter Scott wrote:
 >Your last sentence somewhat contradicts the first one, but... the most
 >effective way I have found is, to form a user group.  Invite the most
 >competent people you can.  Then have meetings where you discuss good form,
 >put up rotten code examples you found *elsewhere* and point out the problems
 >with them, that sort of thing.  After a few rounds where putatively-bright
 >employee X is hearing a dozen other people excoriate code dungpiles which he
 >realizes are remarkably similar to his own, he'll be motivated to get his
 >act together so he doesn't become part of Show 'N Tell.

And if he DOESN'T make that leap, then he ain't bright enough to warrant 
tryin to keep anyway. :)

D

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