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by NationalPark 1976 days ago
A lot of people are trying their best here to make CRUD work sound interesting, but the answer to your question is basically yeah, it's more fun to work on lower level stuff, because it's more technically challenging and you get to employ more theoretical concepts.

Unfortunately it's also more political, because the stakes are higher (bigger impact) and for whatever reason more difficult (but talented) personalities seem to get a pass in that world compared to application development work.