It is everything I thought it would be, in both the good ways and the bad. In the big corporate world, there are places where bureaucracy replaces the beauty o

It is everything I thought it would be, in both the good ways and the bad. In the big corporate world, there are places where bureaucracy replaces the beauty of the code. You sit in meetings discussing what the code should do, often for longer than it would take to actually write it. I was in a meeting to discuss a prototype once which degenerated into an hour long discussion on the label of the 3rd text field on the screen. The bottom line is that in some big companies, the goal is to work as little as possible. If you want to write code (or maintain sanity) , avoid these at all costs. I'm now working at a NASA contractor, and the work is considerably more interesting. Still, we are plagued with drama but at least there's always something to do. In short, just like any career there are the boring, stressful and tedious aspects. There is also the pleasure of imagining how code should function, then immediately seeing it come to place. I'd rather be in control of what I'm working on, but until that day comes I'm happy.