For me, one of the biggest motivators to work for me is the sense of satisfaction in the excellence of the work I have done. It brings me great satisfaction to look back on a project, deliverable, or any other piece of work and see how well it was done and how well it fits the needs that it was meant to meet. If something is not too good, I look for ways to either improve it in the present, or catalogue those to keep as lessons learned for the future. There really is nothing like taking a step back and seeing the evidence that you have gone above and beyond, and what really is the icing on top is when other co workers/managers recognize the same. This has been the case for me in the projects that I have worked on, where I have done my part so well that my manager takes notice, praises me for it and trusts that I can take on even more responsibility, since I have proven myself.