Right? You could still do interesting work, solve problems - but the landscape isn't changing overnight every night, you have the mental resources to learn thin

Right? You could still do interesting work, solve problems - but the landscape isn't changing overnight every night, you have the mental resources to learn things you actually want to learn instead of things for work... Not a bad deal. The only reason I got into web dev were what it offered me as far as ability to make things. But the work itself? I'm just as happy writing reports vs refactoring a test suit. Rails makes software fun for me, I would not have gotten into web dev if i thought React was how things are done.