[philwelch]

"For example, I like the concept of ranking a page higher based on how other sites link to it (ie Google's Pagerank), and would enjoy conceptualizing further improvements, but I would find it extremely boring to translate that solution into code."

As far as I've gathered, there are two steps to learning a foreign language. One step is when you think in your own language and translate everything over. The next step is when you think in the language. Enjoyable coding comes only when you think in terms of the programming language. But that only happens once you run into problem domains where you have substantial thoughts, and once you use languages that allow for those kinds of thoughts. Or, once you're used to one type of language and one way of thinking about things, learning to speak another is enjoyable as well. (Imperative vs. functional programming, etc.)