This piece of article is definitely targeted :). Kind of like self-help but for geeks. Nice SEO though.
That aside, I believe people can find a niche developing software targeting these soul-crushing jobs. Basically have a product that solve problems people hate to deal with.
Java EJB 1.0 and Struts sucks? Write your own framework, call it Spring Framework: worth $400M. JDBC sucks? Make Hibernate.
Dealing with Rails deployment sucks? Cloud hard? Come up with Heroku.
Silo-ed web-apps, always have to custom build CMS and comes up with your own workflow? Build SharePoint: $1B market.
Configuring and maintaining WordPress are not interesting? I heard WPEngine is making money left-and-right...
I learned that before you can call yourself a real entrepreneur, you should learn to get over yourself on these "shitty" stuff because what if you got your dream job but is interrupted with "shitty" stuff in between? Call it quit again?
Your last sentence really hit the nail on the head. Start-up or corp, you'll have plenty of shitty times along with the good.
It's an attitude issue. The right attitude towards the bad (and good) things will make all the difference to your happiness in life.
What people often forget is that they are completely in control of their own attitude towards life too. The way you react to situations around you can be a positive influence instead of negative if you want it to be.
You so hit the nail on the head: being awesome by doing CRAP that nobody wants to do, and making it into something easy. Interesting book called "The E Myth" about entrepeneurship about 20+ years ago, talks about the myths of freedom to do more "worker" stuff, and the reality of building a business to provide a consistant user experience and a system to enable the workers to provide it. Seems along the same vein.
That aside, I believe people can find a niche developing software targeting these soul-crushing jobs. Basically have a product that solve problems people hate to deal with.
Java EJB 1.0 and Struts sucks? Write your own framework, call it Spring Framework: worth $400M. JDBC sucks? Make Hibernate.
Dealing with Rails deployment sucks? Cloud hard? Come up with Heroku.
Silo-ed web-apps, always have to custom build CMS and comes up with your own workflow? Build SharePoint: $1B market.
Configuring and maintaining WordPress are not interesting? I heard WPEngine is making money left-and-right...
I learned that before you can call yourself a real entrepreneur, you should learn to get over yourself on these "shitty" stuff because what if you got your dream job but is interrupted with "shitty" stuff in between? Call it quit again?