Working with abstract things like the web can sometimes be demotivating. Remote work with no colleagues to talk to can make matters even worse. I\u2019ve always considered myself a developer, but over the years I\u2019ve also been a consultant, an agency founder\/CEO and now a team leader. Even though I love development, with different roles and different clients and projects it sometimes has been a struggle to find motivation to continuously do my best. I will share what I have learned how to cope with the pressure, focus on stuff that matters, and finding meaning and motivation in my work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Working with abstract things like the web can sometimes be demotivating. Remote work with no colleagues to talk to can make matters even worse. I\u2019ve always considered myself a developer, but over the years I\u2019ve also been a consultant, an agency founder\/CEO and now a team leader. Even though I love development, with different roles … Continue reading “Finding meaning in abstract work \u2013 a personal story”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10526521,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1492782300,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[535],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-538","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89f9x-8G","session_date_time":{"date":"April 21, 2017","time":"16:45"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"535","slug":"aki-bjorklund","name":"Aki Bj\u00f6rklund","link":"https:\/\/helsinki.wordcamp.org\/2017\/speaker\/aki-bjorklund\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinki.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinki.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinki.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/helsinki.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1146,"href":"https:\/\/helsinki.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/538\/revisions\/1146"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinki.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/535"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinki.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/akibjorklund"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinki.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinki.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinki.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}