Best Way to Manage Geeks?

drummerboy195 writes to tell us that he recently read a 1999 interview with Eric Schmidt, then CEO of Novell, and wondered how applicable the information was today. How much have things changed since the dot com bust in terms of management? What other good and bad techniques have Slashdotters seen evolve from both supervisory and supervised positions?

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How to best manage geeks

[Heembo]

As a pro consultant coder - I generally work only when I feel like it, say whatever comes to mind to me in meetings, I wear whatever I want (shorts + tshirt as my mainstay), act a little out of sorts most of the time, log off and go "play" when the mood strikes me, am VERY hard to manage: I'm a total Prima' Donna - but... ... I stay up late hours and get stuff done. I solve major problems quickly. I write solid code. I speak the language of business. I can expain geep ideas to non-technichal people... I'm an arch-typical uber-coder. I act totally eccentric, but use da bran to truly solve problems, ccreate soutions and make clients happy. Who cares if I wear shorts, or act a little oncouth at meetings? If you act likea Rock Star, then you can *bill* like a Rock Star! =)