This is the same reason that motivates me. My day job involves some really tedious manual procedures, of which I've been able to automate a few of through softw

This is the same reason that motivates me. My day job involves some really tedious manual procedures, of which I've been able to automate a few of through software. I've never been more motivated to learn relevant knowledge and work on solutions than when the goal is to write tools to make my team's work less tedious. And I've never felt more satisfaction than when I completed those tools, successfully used them to cut those tedious tasks down to a few minutes, and got praise from my coworkers for making their jobs easier. See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27080695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27080695.