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[–] shalafi 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's far more to motivation and more pay can actually be detrimental depending on the sort of work. Sounds stupidly counter-intuitive doesn't it? Take a look, this really opened my eyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

That video really hit home for me. I looked back over all the varied jobs I had and the places I was most happy gave me what the video talks about. My last job was double the pay and benefits of the one before and I haven't been less motivated.

Seriously, give it 10-minutes. At one point I was thinking, "Damn! He's talking about Linux!"