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Discussion on: What's most likely to kill your motivation for the day/month/year?

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Frank Carr

A few of my demotivators from 2017...

A Lumburgh-ian boss stopping by to ask if I can create a few PowerPoint slides for their presentation that afternoon.

A Lumburgh-ian boss stopping by to ask (aka tell) me to go to an impromptu meeting with an unrelated team while I'm in the middle of a major support issue.

Dealing with toxic team members who say, "Don't touch my code!!!"

Being responsible for teaching offshore developers who are going to replace me.