I’m not too surprised by these results, but I thought fair pay would be higher than just 32%. Some people of talked to wanted as much pay as possible, but I guess it varies from person to person. For me, what I want the most is exciting and challenging work and being recognized/valued & respected. Exciting work will motivate me to actually want to come into work every day and do the best that I can. Meaningless and boring work will just cause me to do the bare minimum and not challenge myself in order to be a better engineer. Being valued & respected also comes largely into play for me. When I complete a project I want to be told that I did a good job. This will ease my mind and motivate to do just as well or better on the next project. Being valued and shown that, can go a long way for an employee and motivate them to make sure that they don’t disappoint in the next project.