>I understand that I'm not the typical programmer these days, and I don't work on entirely typical problems, but I can't help but feel that sometimes the focus

>I understand that I'm not the typical programmer these days, and I don't work on entirely typical problems, but I can't help but feel that sometimes the focus on "languages to help programmers" comes from programmers who just don't enjoy their work enough and/or don't have enough to do. Indeed. There's a subset of programmers who like to solve "problems" and there's another subset of programmers who like to actualize their intent with minimal exposure to problems. The later subset is the overwhelming majority both for what programmers themselves want and for what users want out of their programs. Solving "hard" problems is simply a niche desire.