What Motivates Me as a Programmer

I wrote a number of sarcastic articles about management and motivation, where some traditional and very popular practices were criticized. Now I've decided to think it all over and summarize what actually motivates me as a programmer when I'm working for someone else. Let's say you hire me tomorrow as a Java coder and ask "What do you want us to do for you so that you will be most productive?" This would be my wish list.

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The list is in no parti...