When I used to play with code I could build anything I wanted and it was fun. Now I have a job I have to build what the people who pay me need or want, fortunat

When I used to play with code I could build anything I wanted and it was fun. Now I have a job I have to build what the people who pay me need or want, fortunately that can be fun too but often it isn't. That's why I call it work, not play. I enjoy the satisfaction of making stuff happen via code and I don't care whether I wrote the clever bit or not I care about whether my client is happy. If all you want to do is be a creative then that's easy, accept that you can make anything you want but no-one will necessarily pay you for it. I think at that point you're an artist and you get all the benefits and drawbacks that the title entails. The main benefit being total freedom and the main drawback being probable poverty.