1. Access to CS literature (any lit. not just titles specific to the field we're in).
2. Encouragement for improving skills.
3. A culture that promotes interaction between people.
4. Machines that are fast, build quickly.
5. Willing to pay for a personal license to dev-tools.
6. Provide a very small percentage of company time to drop the main task at hand and pick up something completely unrelated to hack on.
This should be sufficient to ensure that your employees value their jobs and would rather continue than leave.
1. Access to CS literature (any lit. not just titles specific to the field we're in). 2. Encouragement for improving skills. 3. A culture that promotes interaction between people. 4. Machines that are fast, build quickly. 5. Willing to pay for a personal license to dev-tools. 6. Provide a very small percentage of company time to drop the main task at hand and pick up something completely unrelated to hack on.
This should be sufficient to ensure that your employees value their jobs and would rather continue than leave.