What annoys me is the author has grown up surrounded by amazing tools and support allowing him/her to get into programming and is complaining that his/her parti

What annoys me is the author has grown up surrounded by amazing tools and support allowing him/her to get into programming and is complaining that his/her particular choices have disappointed. The world doesn't owe anyone satisfaction. It's up to the individual to find what makes them happy. Maybe some jobs aren't all that satisfying, in that case at least you now know this and can do something about it. Want to be a NASA computer scientist? Guess what, you can! Lamenting about the 'golden days' of software where it was all tucked away in labs is short sighted. There are SO many more opportunities to do SO many more exciting things. Software is in its infancy, the real world changing tools are still to be discovered. Apply yourself.