Developing career is like starting up a business, you need to have a competitive advantage. In early stage of your career, your competitive advantage is cheap

Developing career is like starting up a business, you need to have a competitive advantage. In early stage of your career, your competitive advantage is cheap and fresh. But at some point, that advantage goes away, and you need to find other advantages -- domain knowledge, industry reputation, connections, management skills, anything that can distinguish you from other developers. Once you get that competitive advantage, you will get the desired respect and people will start to value your opinions. And hopefully, you will not find it boring anymore.