If you don't get bored doing the same thing, you haven't mastered it. In all professions, one must level up to keep things interesting. Unfortunately, for sof

If you don't get bored doing the same thing, you haven't mastered it. In all professions, one must level up to keep things interesting. Unfortunately, for software developers (and mathematicians) leveling up starts to become difficult as the mind ages--and there's only so much computer science stuff out there before it all becomes repetitive. Fortunately this occurs at just about the time one begins to realize that they're in the middle of the pyramid, working primarily to enrich someone else, and thus follows consulting, entrepreneurship, or, if you don't care about enriching someone else, management.