[Retric]

Boring programming jobs often relate to bad code bases. Is adding feature X tedious? Why is that not automated? Novel bugs are usually interesting, seeing the same thing crop up 10 times is a sign of brittle code.

Are deployments a single click, or do you go down a 30 item list every time?

Users often push systems in new ways and have interesting issues; the 5th redesign because some manager got a new idea is not.