I wholeheartedly agree with you, especially on the shoulder part. The reason I regretted dealing with programming from a professional standpoint is that I have

I wholeheartedly agree with you, especially on the shoulder part. The reason I regretted dealing with programming from a professional standpoint is that I have realized I like it more as a hobby, not as a profession! When it's your hobby, no one is telling you what to do, whether you are doing something wrong or not, nor to follow the latest trend with <X> framework or this new <Z> programming language; quite frankly, you simply don't care what others say to you, because you have found your rhythm, your pace if you will, with the tech stack of your choice; you know, the one that clicked with you immediately! This is my personal experience up until I switch my hobby to professional career; that's when it went downhill and have stopped loving it ever since...I feel trapped, like millions of others than cannot escape this category.