Sure, but there are sucky jobs in any field. For the most part, I've had very positive experiences in my 8 years as a software professional, with the exception

Sure, but there are sucky jobs in any field. For the most part, I've had very positive experiences in my 8 years as a software professional, with the exception of when I wrote J2ME ports on 64kb phones. There are tons of interesting problems in the field and in general, my coworkers have been very smart people.