Hey, sure, if you're making art, making something to foster a talent, or just making something because you personally want to see it exist, that feels really go

Hey, sure, if you're making art, making something to foster a talent, or just making something because you personally want to see it exist, that feels really good and motivating! But if it's your job to build tools and products to make people's lives easier, and they don't, it's really difficult to feel good about that. It's not that a million people use it that makes it feel good (although that can certainly be a point of pride), it's the fact that you contributed something useful to society, whether it was you're idea or not, or perhaps helping others make thier ideas a reality is motivating. There are no doubt more objectively worse things that could happen in your career, but I doubt anyone sincerely wants waste their time and skill on some hair-brained product their project manager cooked up to pad their resume.