People are hard-wired to give up. There has to be a carrot, stick or both to overcome it. Ideally, just wanting to make a change, or being really excited by som

People are hard-wired to give up. There has to be a carrot, stick or both to overcome it. Ideally, just wanting to make a change, or being really excited by something is what keeps people going against the odds: like Steve Jobs. Developers are basically problem solvers, I suspect giving up occurs when a certain set of problems seem or have proven to be insurmountable.