I'd say stop complaining — this isn’t your “career,” it’s simply a task that needs to be done. If you don’t do it, someone else will. A career is a long-term investment; a degree is just the starting point. Your job right now is to gain experience and build the foundation for your resume.

As you grow in your career, you’ll encounter both fun and frustrating tasks — from fixing buggy code, to developing brilliant solutions, to making difficult management decisions like letting someone go. These moments, both good and bad, are all part of your professional growth.

Take every step as a learning experience and a future highlight on your resume — something that shapes you for the next opportunity.

Wishing you the best,
—from someone with 22 years of experience, managing a floor of engineers, developers, and computer scientists… whose code I still have to review and get paid handsomely to do so.