For me the joy has been fading over the years. I was super excited about it as a kid learning BASIC, and C later in high school. College was exciting but the fr

For me the joy has been fading over the years. I was super excited about it as a kid learning BASIC, and C later in high school. College was exciting but the frustration started there. I’m frustrated most of the time working in the industry. I find a certain amount of joy when I have ownership of a piece of a system and can mold it according to my wishes. The joy instantly fades away when I have to collaborate with people that I know don’t give a damn, just want to get a ticket completed, and will totally crap on the code to get there. I used to find joy in my personal projects. But that has faded away too since I started switching to more modern stuff so I stay up to date. Everything these days seem to require a humongous amount of environment set up.