How to feel engaged at work: a software engineer's guide
I found this to be an incredibly depressing article. It boiled down to, "think about pleasant things that aren't work." For example,<p>> Pick an activity that you've always wanted to try. Don't have ideas? Try Wikipedia for a good list of hobbies<p>I already have plenty of hobbies, and I'd rather work on any of them than be at work!<p>I've always been very self-motivated. I want to work on what I want to work on. Being forced to work on things that I don't care about in order to draw a salary sucks, and no amount of<p>> Schedule a 30-minute time block to freely jot down questions that spark your curiosity as an engineer. (They don't have to be about work.)<p>is going to change that. If anything, it makes it worse because now I would rather be investigating those questions than working!