By "you", in the latter paragraphs, I mean "one" As in "one doesn't just sit down"
Apologies. Of course that's what I keep doing. Really happy about it too. That just ain't the way 99% of development happens.
ADD: The point of my OP wasn't that I hate programming, it was that programming itself has changed. It used to be a direct expression of creativity and had quite tight feedback cycles. Yes, I still code that way. But for all the other coders I see? Most of the profession is stuck inside a prison of its own making.