Thanks for the comments. I wasn't expecting this to get on the front page (although that is why I posted it, obviously) and kind of wish I'd spent more time thinking about what I actually wanted to say first. If I'm 100% honest I was mostly trying to get clicks, which is always a bad motivation and I am generally deliberate about this kind of thing, sorry about that... I don't actually feel bitter, or particularly burnt out, with software specifically, it just feels like it's not the career for me at the moment. The general point about it often being misunderstood is something I've wanted to articulate at various times though.