[_zzaw]

I've found that genuinely caring about one's craft—beyond a baseline observance of best practices—requires, for lack of a better word, psychological space. Constant deadlines and distractions, workplace toxicity, and a pervasive focus on just getting stuff done on time are all environmental factors that make it difficult for me to genuinely think in terms of crafting rather than cramming. It's not that I'm indifferent or resentful, I'm just not being provided the space to really focus on what I do beyond doing it as fast as possible.

To answer your question: I don't have the wherewithal to care at the moment, but I wish I did.

[AnimalMuppet]

Yeah. You want me to care about my work? Earn it. Give me 1) work that is worth doing - useful or meaningful in some way, and 2) space to work well - work that I can be proud of. Give me both, and I'll care quite a bit about my work. Give me one out of two, and I still may care. Give me neither, and I won't.

In some ways, that's passing the buck. I'm letting my employer determine my attitude about my work, which is probably unhealthy. On the other hand, caring about something when I'm not given the space to actually do what I feel needs done... that's pretty unhealthy, too. It can destroy you. So most of us respond by stopping caring, in self defense.

So, yes, that's kind of our fault. But it's also our employers. You want us to care about grinding out an endless stream of Jira tickets? Human nature says that won't happen.