people accustom to situations a lot, and if one of two is mandatory, then you'll learn to like the job, unless you just love the masochism

I think these concepts have changed dramatically over the past 2ish decades. Computers are a means to an end. Always have been. Just the next step in technology. Including automation and tools to help us in the real world. In a way I think it's become anthropomorphized for a lack of a better term. I truly think it people need to be reminded it's simply a tool that lets a human control one or more machines that interact with users. We want the outcome, that is the machine does things humans can't do, or don't want to do. Such as consistent repetitive task. Or even more specifically, if a formula exists, or can be defined for how something gets done, a machine can do it. I think this is/should be the basis for all AI for example. So to your point, and I've been called out on this before. It's about building things, not the tool used to build things. So if all was equal, I'd hope everyone would jump ship on both professions. And to my other point, I think most people, at least in my life with the exception of a couple really close friends, they see the work they do as nothing more than a means to make it to the weekend. They put on their suite, sit in rush hour traffic, and "enjoy" their salaries and PTO, but it's all the same to me. The world is a much bigger place. Sorry this topic just really got me.