Every programming job is hard enough that the average programmer doing it will struggle, since it is those you will be compared against. So there is no hard or

Every programming job is hard enough that the average programmer doing it will struggle, since it is those you will be compared against. So there is no hard or easy, you just struggle with different things. If you have a comparative advantage doing low level tasks then that will be easier for you, if you have a comparative advantage doing high level tasks then those will be easier. Of course if a field is very popular compared to demand that they can be more selective then those jobs will be harder, since you are compared against better people. Game development is one such area.