[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.