"Can I hire you? Money doesn't motivate you right?" You failed to provide any alternate motivation. Some people actually take conditions similar to ones you de

"Can I hire you? Money doesn't motivate you right?" You failed to provide any alternate motivation. Some people actually take conditions similar to ones you described but they work in the greatest labs on the most interesting problems of contemporary science. They also usually get a phd after a few years. There is also no implication from "Money is a poor motivator for me" to "80 hr week is not a demotivator for me".