[scottlocklin]

90s hacker culture still exists; it's in a few startups, and particularly ones oriented around decentralized systems and payment; maybe data science stuff also. Probably in other places; embedded systems I'm guessing is good, industrial research labs can also be fun.

If you're working in some horrid "make an app/website which does things" grind, of course it is boring. That was only exciting when nobody knew how to do it.

[PascLeRasc]

I can confirm that embedded systems is super fun and feels like what "hacking" or true engineering should be. I love digging through Analog Device's datasheets, they're like poetry. Working with mux chips and hardware bit shifting feels like some arcane art. I can't recommend it enough.