It makes me think of Bisqwit, of a YouTube channel about programming https://www.youtube.com/user/Bisqwit https://www.youtube.com/user/Bisqwit Form his videos,

It makes me think of Bisqwit, of a YouTube channel about programming https://www.youtube.com/user/Bisqwit https://www.youtube.com/user/Bisqwit Form his videos, he is obviously a skilled programmer, and he seems to enjoy it a lot. And yet, as a day job, he drives a bus. I don't remember the details but it seems to be along the lines of not wanting to think hard doing what others tell him to do. That's why he makes his living with a relatively mindless job, while at the same time actively using his brain on the things he likes, doing them the way he wants to.