Motives and incentives (animation)

These RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) animations are excellent. Ever wondered how to be happy in your work?

I’ve spent the last 48 hours working on a crazy Open Source project (a web-based webpage designer using natural language!). I’m not getting paid for it but it’s great fun. I can relate to this video. I spent years working in software companies where I had to follow a particular course (which was often chosen by marketing or management and I knew would be a disaster). At times I had amazing ideas which management failed to grasp and which I never got to explore.

Now I do things for myself and I love it.