I think there is a genuine divide between people who view repititive tasks as an insufferable hell vs. those who either don't mind or even might enjoy the work.

I think there is a genuine divide between people who view repititive tasks as an insufferable hell vs. those who either don't mind or even might enjoy the work. Most software engineers, for obvious reasons, fall into the category of the former. They will always be a minority of the general working population. The toiling majority generally does not take kindly to having been made redundant. Proceed with caution.