Haha I completely agree. The big five or six are really good at selling the "change the world and have fun" aspect, when in reality it's just sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day looking at jira tickets or whatever. Not that there isn't value in that sort of work but some perspective helps

What do you find to be particularly lame? On the flip side do you find yourself having more routine free time so that you can do more activities?