[jimbomins]

I find the opposite. Analysis, requirements capture and design get you to the point where programming is required. But it's the least interesting part of the process.

I don't consider Agile as software engineering it's managed hackery intended to keep people sprinting until they drop.

Programming as an aspect of analysis is however fun.

[jimbomins]

To be clearer than my first post. The whole set of processes that are software engineering are fun, including dealing with people for requirements, design, analysis. But programming at the end is like writing up the final report once you have the answer.