# 100percent human

Published articles for 100percent human.

This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles.

## What Really Motivates tech Employees?

DevFeed: [What Really Motivates tech Employees?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-really-motivates-tech-employees-40198.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.j2sw.com/technology/what-really-motivates-tech-employees/>)

Author: j2sw

Published: 2026-07-23T13:54:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Justin Wilson (j2sw)](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/justin-wilson-j2sw.md>)

Topics: [Job](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/job.md>), [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>)

Tags: [100percent-human](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/100percent-human.md>), [employees](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/employees.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [money](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/money.md>), [motivation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/motivation.md>), [non-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/non-ai.md>), [tech-worker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-worker.md>), [technology-industry-commentary](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology-industry-commentary.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

### AI overview

The article argues that employees are motivated by different factors, including promotion, predictable schedules, challenging work, stable income, compensation, personal time, flexibility, and opportunities to learn. It suggests that managers should understand individual motivations rather than assume everyone values the same incentives.

### Source excerpt

It's time to take a break from all the technical posts and get down to human basics. This is a nice break from the fun, but sometimes dry, technical mumbo jumbo I spout off here. I have worked with enough people over the years to realize that there is no single reason people come to ... Read more The post What Really Motivates tech Employees? appeared first on Justin Wilson (j2sw).