Over my last few programming jobs I've felt that building software these days usually amounts to drudgery in the short term and burnout in the long-term. I'm building a product [0] to fix that. It helps engineering leaders gather candid feedback to identify and improve quality of life problems in their teams.
Think employee pulse surveys, but purpose-built for dev teams.
It's cool not because the tech is interesting (it isn't) but because the product helps improve the working lives of actual human beings. Working on a company that's calm, deliberate, and fully independent has been a breath of fresh air for my career in tech.