Career: Motivation

Motivation sounds like a good to have thing these days. While its important to get the job done, its equally important to put your heart behind it. Where does the heart come from ?

• Well from the fact that you signed up for something you like
• You have a tremendous opportunity to do a good job and feel motivated
• Your manager recognizes your efforts and give you a pat on you back every now and then.
• The drive to make things better

It is surprising how lightly this subject is taken in working world. I was shocked to hear this from a Product Manager when a developer asked him "we need motivation, can we have a pizza party". Product Managers answer was "You paycheck should be your motivation, look at your check and look at mine".

Management feels that there is stress and deal with issues of people quitting, wanting transfers, wanting to move on but are not asking the right questions. That's the reason why some companies make it to Top 50 in ranking and others don't.