Absolutely.

I took some high paying contractor gigs through an agency a few years ago because I wanted to figure out what direction to take in the next phase of my career, the cash was great and I'd never worked in the fortune 500 / government contractor kind of space before.

I wasn't that surprised when I got told that I was now their second developer (out of a few dozen) who "actually writes code in his free time sometimes! isn't that crazy!" since I was prepared for big company suit world.

The reality was right in line with the quote, if not worse.