Only Intrinsic Motivation Lasts

Last week I left my cushy job at Amazon after 8 years. Despite getting rewarded repeatedly with promotions, compensation, recognition, and praise, I wasn’t motivated enough to do another year. I spent my entire time in AWS building tools for developers. I liked that field so much that I would have been satisfied working in it for the rest of my life. I joined Amazon as an entry level developer. Wi

[ya--mada]

すごいな。

[mabots]

But despite all this, my motivation to go to work each morning was decreasing—almost in an inverse trend to my career and income growth.

[kazuau]

ごく近い将来に年収$1Mもらえるのが見えてたなら数年我慢してからあとは一生好きなことをする道もあっただろうに、きっぱりやめる決断ができるということは、どのみち食うには困らないということなのだろう。

[efcl]

お金やワークライフバランスがよくても、外的な報酬によるモチベーションは短期的にしか維持できないという話。 Amazonを退職して、その後何するかの連載記事