[piafraus]

I felt the same until I found python.

Just in case you haven't tried it - perhaps it might ignite the love to programming (if you want that). Python made the programming fun to me again. Especially without the boilerplate code.

Try to ignore the community strong push to use typing everywhere and just write some clean small code and it feels amazing. Designs and ideas in simple implementations.

[ffsm8]

Isn't it the other way around? Java (in enterprise) is just exceptionally able to suck the fun out of programming? It's not even the fault of the language per se, it's just home to a lot of "best practices" that ultimately end with productivity coming to a grinding halt.

[phito]

That's just a matter of personal taste. Using python makes me want to pull my hair out. However, I could write C# all day everyday.

A better way to put it would be find a language you like and are productive in, and get very good at it. Then it almost becomes second nature, you can almost forget about the programming itself and focus on the problem solving.