in reply to (OT) Motivating the Unmotivated Programmer

There's a lot of info on this in the classic book "PeopleWare." The bottom line is that you respectfully tell this person what you want him to do, give him lots of support as he learns how to do it (including removing obstacles that the company may be putting in his way), and be appreciative when he succeeds.
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