> "The major algorithmic / coding / intellectual challenges that I faced were of 3 types: - dealing with technical debt of other systems - strictly followi

> "The major algorithmic / coding / intellectual challenges that I faced were of 3 types: - dealing with technical debt of other systems - strictly following a policy or a standard - fighting with the in-house dev environment > There were very few interesting problems that actually required to find an effective solution / optimize / enforce security." That's how I feel as well at my current job, but it seems to hold for almost all IT jobs I've encountered.