As you said, those are required components of shipping software. I don’t consider them grunt work, any more than I would consider being a janitor as a grunt. G

As you said, those are required components of shipping software. I don’t consider them grunt work, any more than I would consider being a janitor as a grunt. Grunt implies a heirarchy and a job that anyone can do. It’s pejorative. There is work that I don’t enjoy doing but needs to be done well (cleaning a toilet). I appreciate those jobs even more than what I do! My point is that you should try to shift to language of “work I don’t enjoy” rather than “work that is beneath such an exalted 10x programmer such as myself”. Because that’s how I interpreted your original comment.