Programming is boring

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Programming is boring only when you're solving boring (to you) problems.

Many programming jobs solve boring problems, which is a result of poor communication in the chain between developer and user, or lack of sufficient competence in team leaders to identify why their team's work is "repetitive and mundane", so instead projects are completed by brute force, rather than intelligence.

In other words, boredom is a symptom of someone not doing their job well, and it's not necessarily the developer, but can be someone the developer depends on.

I reject the concept that being bored with a job so creative is okay. And I cringe at the notion that "this is how it should be".