PROGRAMMING: A number of things usually, but I tend to like the atypical projects that present a challenge as opposed to the mundane routine jobs. Atypical examples: Construct an aircraft engine mathematically (...)

What motivates you to undertake a new project?

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A number of things usually, but I tend to like the atypical projects that present a challenge as opposed to the mundane routine jobs.

Atypical examples:
Construct an aircraft engine mathematically, with time based animation rather than keyframe
Construct a shader network that would allow for hundreds of different types of unique metals from changing a few parameters

Mundane examples that I may or may not do, depending:
Database maintenance
Server management
Setting up web/mail servers
Coding a forum system