GenZ software engineers, according to older colleagues

“There seems to be a divide between ‘motivated’ and ‘unmotivated’ groups in continued learning and education level. And it seems polarized.

Either they’re obsessed with programming and their career progression, or they are only mildly interested as a means to make a living, and be able to do other things with their life. Not judging that motivation

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They are self-motivated, with a thirst to learn and prove themselves to their peers. They also respond very well to gamification (or what I call ‘explicit and structured competition,’ e.g: show them often how many points they all have and who is ‘winning’)”