> What actually drives employees is the inner workings of a company: the degree of autonomy employees have, the quality of products being shipped, and having im

> What actually drives employees is the inner workings of a company: the degree of autonomy employees have, the quality of products being shipped, and having impressive people as seniors and leaders, who have good product vision. I think the author was actually being generous by describing employees this way, because there's no mention of pay. Scratch the surface of the mission at a lot of companies, especially startups, and it becomes clear it's a recruiting tactic and no-cost psychological reward. Which is fine if the employer and employee are aligned and the tradeoff understood. But the criticisms of low pay in the "helping professions" could be applied here. Personally I think most company missions are insincere and I would not accept lower pay to work for a mission-driven company.