I mean... i'd rather be retired (and I'm almost 50, and def won't be!), but... yeah? I love programming, it's fun to me. I guess I'm old enough that that was the main reason to get into it. Doesn't mean every job is fun to me, some of them suck and are soul-destroying, for sure. But programming? Sure, it's fun. And, sure, that includes dealing with bugs and legacy architectures that are difficult (i.f.f. given the ability to improve them), and organizational challenges (that are not insurmountable) -- that's all part of the problem-solving.

Perhaps trying to pick jobs that are not awful and which I find rewarding, which aren't necessarily the most lucrative ones as the occupation has become increasingly lucrative, is why I can't retire at 50 like some of you though!