Motivation is Key

Far and away the best prize that life offers
is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

– Theodore Roosevelt

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money;

it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

– Franklin D. Roosevelt

As if struck by the obvious, I am becoming increasingly aware of the variety of differing motivations to work that people have; that is to say that I shouldn't read what motivates me into what must motivate them and be discouraged when it doesn't, nor should I feel strange when what motivates others fails to motivate me. These things have bothered me deeply, on and off.

Scavenging and Improvisation

Waste of things I could use bothers me in my soul, like lost potential. And I despise a messy work environment and go on cleaning cycles once the mess reaches a critical mass (usually well under that of most others).

Certification and Continuing Education

I am always doing that which I cannot do,

In order that I may learn how to do it.

Pablo Picasso

My Bachelor's of Engineering was a wise investment. I use next to nothing of the technical skills I learned, from breadboarding circuits to VLSI to transistors to programmable digital logic. Rather it changed how I think, how I approach problems, to be comfortable with and work with uncertainties, and to methodically work out the solution. This works on technology. This works on organizations. It can even work on people.