[sloaken]

1) Keeping up with an ever growing and changing tech environment.

2) Dreading visiting my parents, because you always hear:'Oh good, come here and look at this problem I have'. My wife even volunteers me to fix other peoples stuff, which is real annoying.

[uvw]

Am I the only one who don't mind fixing stuff like that. I sometimes do get satisfaction of making things work no matter how trivial.

[ChefboyOG]

I have this weird polarity in the work I enjoy.

I'm like you in that I enjoy just making things work, even when they're trivial. I particularly like doing it for other individuals.

On the other hand, I also enjoy harder research problems. Obsessing and learning new things quickly is probably the biggest joy I get out of work.

What I hate is the middle ground. I hate solving trivial problems, but in a high-pressure environment, for people I'm only circumstantially committed to.