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I've never been motivated by money and I've been lucky to have had intellectually rewarding jobs for most of my career. I get paid enough not to have to worry
by tkvtkvtkvtkv 10y ago
I've never been motivated by money and I've been lucky to have had intellectually rewarding jobs for most of my career.
I get paid enough not to have to worry about money for the most part (although I still can't afford a house, but then who can).
My motivation comes from curiosity, difficult problems, or feeling that other people need my work.
One thing that completely shuts-down my motivation is imposed competition. I have absolutely no interest in doing a task to beat someone else or get there first if those motivators are imposed from without. However, sometimes I am motivated from within to make something a competition, I just don't want the competition to be mandatory.