Another frustrated IT guy???

I have read many articles where some or the other software engineer writes how boring his life has become since he joined an IT company.All the 5 days of the week appear to be the same.Get up early in the morning,catch a bus,go and sit into ur cubicle in between unknown people,do the same work again,eat a bit,have 2-3 cups of tea and some puffs,return back home,eat,sleep and get ready for another day.

I agree to a number of things being said and written.Life does become boring once the initial excitement of working in one of the best companies in the world goes away.One certainly realizes that the work has become repetitive and the only reason one is doing it is for 'Money'.One starts to miss the time spent with family and friends and the freedom of choice one had.And you ask yourself is there a way out??

I think life is not meant to be constant.As a child all we wish is to grow up and go to school.In school we want to get into a college.College life pushes us to start earning so that we can be independent.And once we do get that independence(trust we are a lucky few!!!) we start analysing it and wish things were different and we could go back to start all over again.But the clock runs in one direction only...

This made me take the whole scenario in a different light.I feel that the work we do can be taken up more as a challenge than a routine. I still remember the Zeal with which i worked all night after my manager told me that the work allocated to me will be given over to another experienced guy the next day, as I had made no progress on it for some time( two days to be precise).I finished the whole thing in the process and slept in office for the next whole day .It was great pride to know that something I developed six months ago was being used in a foreign land by so many users.I started discussing personal things with my collegue so that we can get to know each other better,I started enjoying my lunch with the team realizing that there is more to life than competition and work pressure hides the real qualities of a man.I guess there is a positive side to everything.If u keep ur face to the sun u cannot see the dark.

I don't want to sound like a Self-help guru but still analysing too much has never helped anyone. As they say 'Love what u do and u will not have a single working day in ur life'.