I saw the video and later in the video he does say that he writes code inside his mail editor (pseudocode, or directly editing patches). So I don't think he sa

I saw the video and later in the video he does say that he writes code inside his mail editor (pseudocode, or directly editing patches). So I don't think he said anything of the sorts that he is not having fun programming. And in fact when the interviewer asks a question in the similar vein, Linus is quick to point out that he would be really bored if he wasn't the maintainer. Edit: All I am trying to say is I wouldn't speculate on what Linus feels and doesn't feel when he can speak for himself (and which he does in the video). At the same time the general discussion in this subthread is very interesting.