I think my motivation for day-to-day work is different from the motivation that goes into choosing a job. In no particular order: Money: There's a certain thr

I think my motivation for day-to-day work is different from the motivation that goes into choosing a job. In no particular order: Money: There's a certain threshold of that I need to achieve to maintain the lifestyle that I want. I'll take as much over that threshold as I can get, but below it is a no-go. Remote: I move a lot, my average lease anywhere is 6 months. I want to live in every state in the U.S. and perhaps a couple countries in Europe and Asia before I die, being able to be remote lets me make that happen. Professional Satisfaction: I like the problems that I'm solving to be overall interesting, that is, I would like them to have some novelty and perhaps be challenging my existing skill set. I am not interested in just doing route work where I am stagnating by just exercising the same skills or challenges over and over again. If not, it becomes difficult to be motivated for the day-to-day work. Ethical Behavior: I set a high standard for the ethical treatment of clients and client's clients and I expect my employer to as well. This means not collecting or sharing private user data if we do not have the resources to do it securely. This means turning down feature requests or projects because the client is asking for behavior that is legally dubious, abuses privileged information, or would be do more harm to the client or the client's clients then good. I do not believe in selling a project to someone if I cannot stand behind the service. That is will be overall beneficial and has the possibility to succeed. I don't want to waste someone else's money on a project that has no or little chance of success or promise them false hope in order to make a sale.