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Ask Slashdot: What Defines Good Developer Culture?
An anonymous reader writes "I'm part of a team of six people developing applications for mobile devices (Android & iOS). In our company, which consists of many teams responsible for 'classic' software development, business intelligence, virtualization, hardware, etc., we are kind of a small startup because we were the first to use agile methods like Scrum and we are open to new technologies and methods. Also, our team is pretty young — I'm the oldest at 30 years of age. We would like to further raise productivity and motivation, so we're currently collecting ideas about what makes a good developer/hacker culture, and how it can be improved in our team/company. These can be things we do ourselves, or suggestions we pass on to management. I would like to know: what, in your opinion, defines good, modern developer culture? What does developer culture consists of? For example, is it: clearly defined career opportunities? A geeky office? Benefits like trips to extraordinary conferences? Please let me know what you think."
This truly belongs in the category of questions that if you have to ask, then you're not going to understand the answers...Mostly because they will be of the same caliber as the question.
Great men are almost always bad men--Lord Acton's Corollary
and adapt the methods to suit your envinorment.
Don't stick to the letter of their methods, stick to the principles.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are wrong and change track.
Be honest and cut the bullshit.
Have fun and take the team out for some beer (or whatever).