This sounds more like a complaint about day-to-day work as a developer and less about technology in general. I can certainly relate, though. I personally belie

This sounds more like a complaint about day-to-day work as a developer and less about technology in general. I can certainly relate, though. I personally believe that one of the biggest lies about professional life is that of "working with your passion," because it creates unrealistic expectations. Plenty of people can be passionate about programming, but precious few will have the luxury of being passionate - over time - about working as software developers.