I have been coding 30 years, the joy comes from getting cool stuff to work. I think you lose the joy when you either don't get the time to do the work (too many

I have been coding 30 years, the joy comes from getting cool stuff to work. I think you lose the joy when you either don't get the time to do the work (too many meetings or not doing cool stuff). If you can fix those 2 things (maybe with another job) you'll get the joy back.