I do find my job fulfilling. Similarly to you I've also worked at the same place for many years now, been doing very similar things for the same customers, et

I do find my job fulfilling. Similarly to you I've also worked at the same place for many years now, been doing very similar things for the same customers, etc. Similar to you I've been tempted by greener pastures some place else. However unlike you I definitely have had an impact, I know this because people have told me so, not just managers but actual users and support personnel for my product. Like the 2 other comments above from 41209 and aprdm this is what makes my job more satisfying. I also try to "market" my developments. By trying to document them, by sitting down with managers, with users, with new hires, and explaining them, by opening them as APIs and allowing other people to script them. That said it's very frustrating at times since many people are stuck in their ways and some are still using the old and slow tools that were developed before I came, and I still have to support those.