What Motivates Software Developers

In this post Jurgen Appelo share some highlights of the many emails that he got when he asked the community, ‘What motivates you in your job?’ The list he put together serves as a reminder that your team members’ motivation is often very personal, and can be as undefineable, unpredictable (and ridiculous) as their tastes in food, music, and (wo)men. On the other hand, the list can also serve as a sanity check for our own motivation. Software development is a great profession. If you look at this list, isn’t it hard to be not motivated…?

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