Did you know that, when you succeed at it, it feels pretty damn good despite the huge amounts of work it often takes? Even if the tasks are required, it feels nice to finish that last compiling and finally get a fully-functioning program exactly as the requirements request. Hell, I did one entirely for myself, to get a correct ETA on Steam downloads (since Steam's own ETA result is uproariously off), and after testing it to make sure it works...I felt good! I guess a lil' hard work on something you find interesting DOES pay off!