Mastery Autonomy Purpose - 1

These three pillars of motivation as defined by D. Pink seem to be a perfect canvas for evaluating one's motivation status.

Let's apply it to my previous jobs:

Mastery

• HTTP, REST API, Restlet framework (+ implemented security customizations)
• Spring, JMS
• OAuth, Web security
• AndroMDA : model driven application and code generation UML -> DB-Java-Hibernate
• Flex / Actionscript : implemented a video player and composable widgets, integration with browser plugin
• Messaging : ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ
• Cloud computing: Amazon Web Services, Rightscale, Engine yard
• Javascript client side: ajax, jQuery
• Video : playback using streaming, pseudo-streaming, download / Wowza Media Server
• Ruby on Rails : proof of concept projects, selection and integration of all plugins needed to cover our needs

Autonomy

• Agile methodology : the team is at the core and drives the project, user stories, sprint
• Scrum : everyone involved/committed as a team (product, qa, dev), daily standup
• Collective design of architecture and technical challenges
• Collaborative management of issues, removal of blockers, celebration
• Involved in the hiring process when building the team

Purpose

• Technically innovative and challenging
• Video is fun
• Engineering was core to the business
• Excellent team, common goal and investment