I'm young (just a recent University graduate), so I expect my viewpoint to change over the next few years after I get into the shit and start getting run down b

I'm young (just a recent University graduate), so I expect my viewpoint to change over the next few years after I get into the shit and start getting run down by large companies grinding away at me (it's happened a couple times already - had to decompress for a few weeks after finishing my contract on both occasions). I cannot think of anything more rewarding than what I'm currently doing though. I'm quite literally creating things that people will be using. It's quite possibly the most amazing form of artwork because users will actually be interacting with systems I'm creating. The only analogy I can think of is that it's like combining a Monet with a can opener. A can opener is something that's incredibly useful, used by everyone, with many thinking "why didn't I think of that". A Monet on the other hand is respected as an art that most believe is far outside the realm of their possibilities of ever creating. Programming is quite literally being the impasse between the two - something that not everyone can do, but is useful to everyone.