New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is software engineering just patching APIs and wrangling Kubernetes?

Ask HN: Is software engineering just patching APIs and wrangling Kubernetes?
3 by Gooblebrai | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Does anyone else feel disillusioned with the modern software engineering job? It often feels like it's just stitching together APIs, wrestling with React state, and managing Kubernetes clusters rather than building something truly exciting. Is this just the nature of the job now, or are there paths that still feel fulfilling? How do you cope with it?