Your satisfaction changes from being happy that you&#x27;ve polished some nice bit of code to being happy that you&#x27;ve shipped a product and successfully run a group, and gained the admiration of the people on your team and in your company. Competence is it&#x27;s own reward.<p>I learned those rules from observing the behavior of group leaders I&#x27;ve worked with&#x2F;for. There have been a few times (over many years) when I&#x27;ve thought to myself, &quot;My boss is fantastic! I am so amazingly lucky to be working for this person!!&quot; When that happens, I&#x27;ve asked myself, how does he&#x2F;she do it? And tried to figure out the answer.