[steedsofwar]

This resonates with me to an extent. I get easily bored with the mundane day to day tasks in the language i'm forced to use. There is an occasional spark of passion when i come across something of interest. Other than that i day dream of other programming languages, solving problems that have an impact on my fellow humans.

The passion was driven out of me by the need to pay the bills. I'd like to think that i'm a gun for hire, unfortunately i'm more like the tap. When there's a need it's used, nothing more, nothing less.

I wish i could do something more exciting with my skills.

[bjornsing]

This sounds more like the (all too common) opposite problem: an excess of talent (in relation to the job). :P

[cLeEOGPw]

> I get easily bored with the mundane day to day tasks in the <job> i'm forced to <do>.

This can be said about 99% of all the jobs ever. You don't get paid to have fun. There's this weird expectation in software development community that you can find a job that is fun/interesting/intellectually engaging AND well paid. Guess what - big part of your compensation is specifically because the job is BORING and nobody is willing to do it.