It honestly sounds like you're not losing interest in programming, but rather, you're not doing a lot of what you enjoy at your job. 1) You can find a new, mor

It honestly sounds like you're not losing interest in programming, but rather, you're not doing a lot of what you enjoy at your job. 1) You can find a new, more interesting job. It sounds like you've searched around, but you may have to search a little longer to find the right fit. I've heard that many young people go through 5 to 10 shitty jobs before finding one they like. 2) You can talk to the higher-ups about your concerns, if you have a good enough relationship with them. Let them know you feel like your work isn't very engaging and, if they have any more interesting tasks, that you'd like to do some of that. 3) If you're paid well enough, you could just accept that you're not doing what you enjoy, but at least you have a job. I feel like this is what most of corporate society does anyways. You can always do the stuff you like to do in your free time. When I first started my current job, I was kind of in the same boat. I loved coding and building new things, but found out quickly that what the position required wasn't very engaging or taxing. It was mostly one-off SQL queries and working with SSIS (simple, UI-driven stuff -- it uses programming concepts, but it's very basic). I wasn't building new things, I wasn't working on solving especially complex problems, and it felt like the stuff I was doing could be done by someone who knew far less about software than I do; I was just cranking out simple stuff whenever we needed it. I was probably just overqualified for the position. I've expressed my concerns and since then, we've started working on cooler, more interesting things, including web development. It's still not the ideal, but it's much better. In addition, I've done consulting work on the side, built a web app (which I hope to ultimately be able to work on full-time), and I've ventured into some non-programming things like real estate. I probably would've quit and found a different job, but they pay me very well, and I get a lot of leeway, which allows me to work on the other stuff on the side. I think that a lot of developers probably find themselves in your situation. I don't think it's necessarily the "code-writing" part that's so enjoyable -- it's the problem-solving and building cool things that we love. And when we're stuck in a position where we're not only not doing any of those fun things, but we're wasting our talents on simple things, that's when it gets frustrating.