Hire Productive Employees
Eric Wise and I have been talking recently about business practices and employee relations. Read his latest post regarding compensation and working hours. The main point he makes is that many experienced developers would be willing to take a pay cut to work less hours. The benefit to the employee being more time with family or for the pursuit of other interests. The benefit to the employer being that they could hire quality developers for a lower cost. One thing I would like to add to this discussion is that although the employer would be getting less hours from the developer, I believe in most cases they would achieve the same level of productivity from them. Developers who are happy and well rested have the ability to aproach a problem from a fresh perspective.
Employers, I hope you will consider the advantages and possibly even give this approach a try if you find qualified developers willing participate.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this.