[jaapz]

The wording also suggests decorating a cookie can't be as fulfilling as working on a complex software project.

This "author" certainly never baked his own bread or grew his own vegetables. Let alone becoming a professional, which is hard work, probably more hard work than sitting at a desk asking claude to change this or that react component.

[neutronicus]

Yeah, a lot of software devs think somewhat wistfully about possibly running a bakery or whatever.

To me that sounds more like letting circumstances nudge you into implementing your "Coast FIRE" plan than taking some kind of principled stand.