For me my job is just a way to exchange my time for money. Since time is the most important thing for me, my strategy is always: 1. work the minimum possible,

For me my job is just a way to exchange my time for money. Since time is the most important thing for me, my strategy is always: 1. work the minimum possible, doing my best every single time (e.g., "Requirements are not well specified; instead of just coming up with something quick and dirty that I will have to redo later on, I get everyone that is relevant to talk about the requirements and come up with something decent. I do not waste time"). The incentive here is: spend less time doing useless stuff. I used to work 8h/day and I used to waste around half of that time chit chatting and procrastinating. Nowadays I work 3h-4h/day fully focused (my contract specifies 40h/week, but I take that just as a formality) 2. earn the maximum possible. So, if I make X at company A, but company B is offering me 1.5X for doing practically the same, well, good bye company A 3. when it comes to finding satisfaction in my career, my lemma is "do it yourself". Do I wanna know about K8s? I learn by myself in my free time (which is a lot of free time if I do point 1. as I have described). Or if I have enough voice within my company, then I'll propose a solid recommendation to adopt K8s Motivation should come from yourself (and from your loved ones, if any). Never rely on third-party entities like governments, companies, organizations to find motivation and happiness... you'll get hurt and dissapointed.