Job Experiences

Post any programming job experiences you have so I know what to expect in the future.  I'm getting my feet wet doing freelance web work right now and I want to know what to expect when I land a full-time job or get some interesting work. 

Right now, I'm just tweaking Wordpress sites with some plugin recoding and saving 6 similarly ancient PHP e-commerce sites from the agony of a PHP4->5 upgrade.  I also have a side gig doing some microcontroller + PCB design work.  The freedom is great (I can work from home), but the client is some whackjob religious nut who apparently is addicted to prescription anxiety pills.  He also runs his shipping/customer service people into the ground like a true capitalist.  Ugh.  Luckily, once these jobs are done with, I'll have a portfolio to shop around.

So, now you.

"web stuff" is not programming.

Web work? As much as I'd like to have an stable source of income, I'd never get into web shit.

I'd rather be a sysadmin or something silly like that.

Programming for a living is stupid. You'll end up doing mindless ENTERPRISE crap all day. Then it's not fun anymore. Plus the pay is shit and eventually they'll just outsource your job to curry niggers.