Ask HN: What makes you motivated to do your best at work?

[alexpotrivaev]

Doing a little research, curious to understand what makes you feel engaged, productive and motivated at work?

[tboyd47]

What makes me feel motivated most is helping people. I don't really care if what I'm making is "cool," "disruptive," or whatever, I just like creating tools that other people find useful.

[alexpotrivaev]

That's great. You mean it from the perspective of helping people with your product, not from the perspective of helping your teammates, correct?

[tboyd47]

I mean both. I try and balance "helping my teammates" with actually getting work done, but the positive experience of using my skills to help someone does help me get through the day.