I think it's a job like any other. There are days when you hate it; there are days when you love it. One thing I do notice is I actually do programming on my ow

I think it's a job like any other. There are days when you hate it; there are days when you love it. One thing I do notice is I actually do programming on my own time, coding my own projects. And on bad days at work, I wish I could instead work on my own projects (so it's not programming per-say I dislike). I guess the same idea works for a carpenter or an electrical engineer; it's a lot more about where and for whom you do the work than work itself. Programming, however, is definitely a field where you can learn the profession and get a job making good money without getting formal education. I notice a lot of recruiters are more interested in your passing a sample test or viewing your past projects than necessarily with your University diplomas and certificates.