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Not shocked, I was a little bummed.

Would you recommend just granting some equity to try and engender the "ownership" aspect?

No he's good. I've hired/fired devs before...I have no plans on firing him. I just need to tweak....something.

Exactly...I don't mind facebook or twitter at work. Heck, I spend a good 30-45 minutes a day there. That's normal.

The problem is when it's 80% of the day, and that's where we seem to be at this week.

Thank you very much, very helpful insights.

I tried offering equity and a slightly lower salary (20%-range lower), and then an option for no-equity but higher salary. He took the higher salary option, though I was hoping he would take the equity option.

I could revisit this with him...but I have a feeling it's not super important to him, money doesn't seem to be a huge motivator.

We do essentially weekly sprints and he presents at the end of each week the progress made.