[nelsonenzo]

yup. imho, the high salaries we receive is a combination of both talent and willingness to do this rather unsatisfying work for long periods of time.

If this paid as much as say, brick layer, I would rather have been the brick layer.

[jon_adler]

I used to think like this too, until I saw the physical pain that an older bricklayer experiences every day. Whilst I can also relate to the loss of enthusiasm, I also know that my body is much happier staying in IT.

[intelVISA]

Enterprise coding is the mental equivalent of bricklaying though, for better or worse, at least this way my body is (slightly less) damaged by the labor.