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Discussion on: Maintaining Motivation

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Itamar Turner-Trauring
  1. Learning at work is more useful than learning at home—more realistic, more practical, better constraints, often more support (codewithoutrules.com/2017/09/09/le...). So there's nothing wrong with just coding on the job.

  2. Day to day work... a lot of it comes from understanding your goals, and caring about your goals, and trying to line up multiple goals. So like you'll feel more motivated if it's not just a paycheck, but a project you think is worthwhile, and you're learning something, and you don't want to let your teammates down. If it's boring and you don't care about the outcome, might be time for a new job. (Long version: codewithoutrules.com/2017/08/03/st...).