Quality: Elaborate on intrinsic reward

[amyjko]

One thing that I thought was missing in this chapter was strategies from either a product manager or a company to increase the quality of work that developers create if the developer is not enjoying their work. Like what steps can be taken to help increase that feeling of intrinsic reward.

“external notions of quality are not the only qualities that matter. For example, developers often view projects as successful if they offer intrinsically rewarding work” I love working on creative projects and can relate to finding it difficult to putting effort into a project I don’t enjoy much, especially for schoolwork in previous courses- oftentimes trying to achieve a “moderately well-done” job can be exhausting if I don’t care about what I want to do. I would like to see the article explore more of how exactly motivation and engagement with a project can determine the project’s outcome.