If I paid you $250k to lay on a couch very quietly, staring into space and not sleeping, for 8 hours a day, how long would you stay motivated? (Note: This is r

If I paid you $250k to lay on a couch very quietly, staring into space and not sleeping, for 8 hours a day, how long would you stay motivated? (Note: This is reducto ad absurdum, not a comment on how interesting writing bad software may or may not be.)