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1. Jon – Yes!

   Commissions and bonuses may work for sales people and bankers, at least in the short term, but I have never been a fan of financial incentive programs for creative workers. In my experience, they frequently have the unintended consequence of demotivating (at best) or of pushing the optimization of outcomes that weren’t really desired (at worst).

   Joel Spolsky wrote a lot about this a long time ago at http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000070.html

   I hope you’re enjoying your time off!