I would recommend this blog post about this very subject: https://www.yegor256.com/2017/09/19/what-motivates-me.html https://www.yegor256.com/2017/09/19/what-mo

I would recommend this blog post about this very subject: https://www.yegor256.com/2017/09/19/what-motivates-me.html https://www.yegor256.com/2017/09/19/what-motivates-me.html (to show the other side of the story, from the PoV of a programmer)