Comment on Demotivating a (Skilled) Programmer
outcide@lemmy.world 10 months agoMy experience is that people are often motivated by quite different things.
Money matters to me, but it’s not what motivates me to work. What motivates me to work is how worthwhile the work seems to me and how much I enjoy working with my colleagues. And yeah, that’s tedious, it’d be so much easier if it was all about money, but that’s not the way my brain works.
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 10 months ago
If all of your material needs were met, would you do the exact same work you’re doing now for free?
If the answer is no, you’re working for money.
Don’t kid yourself, we’re all just hookers. We specifically have the privilege to somewhat choose which dick we have to serve, but we’re hookers still.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 10 months ago
I have a job because of the money, but on a day to day basis, money doesn’t even factor into my motivations. I’m motivated by having work that’s interesting and which I can trick myself into believing is meaningful. The closest I come to being motivated by money is a feeling of anxiety I get if I imagine being fired, and anxiety only makes it harder for me to work.
outcide@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Some of it, yes. Some of it I already do for free.
Money matters, I gotta pay the rent. If I had to, I’d do whatever shit job to get by.
But once the basic scrap for survival and comfort is met, it’s not what motivates me.