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TIL: One tech company in China motivates their programmers by hiring "cheerleaders". The attracted girls chit-chat, get food, play ping-pong, and clap for you. The HR manager said "the programmers are mostly male and terrible at socializing, the presence of the girls improved their motivation".

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