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I'm with you two. I can work on boring problems in boring domains and enjoy the design and implementation aspect because it's inherently creative. Take away those and now my only job is the guy in Office Space who takes the requirements from the customers to the developers, if I'm lucky enough to have one at that point.

I don't want to have to change careers, as this is one that I've been working towards to some degree since I was a child. Including some intense work in college and some brutal first couple jobs where I worked hard to pick up marketable skills. Obviously the market doesn't care what I want, but I find the author of this piece to be a bit too flippant in his "but they take-rr jerbs" section. Working hard to get a well paying job only to have to start (likely near the bottom) in another career for much less pay is not something to treat lightly.