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I'm an engineer at a massive media and technology company. What keeps me motivated is the freedom to experiment and develop ideas on my own, outside of the iter
by jcahill84 10y ago
I'm an engineer at a massive media and technology company. What keeps me motivated is the freedom to experiment and develop ideas on my own, outside of the iteration's expected deliverables. We have a very open culture, where engineers can spin up production servers with the click of a button, deploy things, and tear it all down without interacting with a single approval chain or ticketing system. So that's really it outside of pay... Freedom to learn and experiment on your own is a really powerful motivator for me.
- zeal-technology 10y agoI think it is awesome that your company allows you to use infrastructure to test new ideas and learn. It sounds like they have trust in you. Do they encourage you to experiment and try new things? Are these new things ever totally different from what your company does?
- jcahill84 10y agoI think that's where they would draw the line. Generally the "new things" are really new ways of doing things we're already doing, or may do in the future. It's definitely a gray line though.
- zeal-technology 10y agoI think a company hackathon or project week can be really cool. Team up with co-workers or just yourself that follows a topic like improve the office somehow or create an idea that can help an opensource project or improve development or another teams process throughout the workday. This can motivate people and at the end you may have something that solves a common day to day pain point for your co-workers.