Well, that's the thing. Most jobs are 80% stuff you don't want to do and 20% stuff you do. You're not being paid to do your hobby, you're paid to make money for

Well, that's the thing. Most jobs are 80% stuff you don't want to do and 20% stuff you do. You're not being paid to do your hobby, you're paid to make money for the business and do what your bosses say. There are many places though that understand writing good code, even if it's boring, is important, and any decent programmer can go fish until they find a workplace like that. Having a solid older developer around is important even if most of the work is boring. You're there to help the younger folk from making costly mistakes.