I said more in another comment. But after 20+ years in the industry as of 2018 and and before that 10 years as a hobbyist, coding had become a grind. I started liking solving business problems, talking to customers, mentoring etc and even the high level architect of the code.

AI has made a world of difference. I don’t use agents, I build the system up using ChatGPT as a junior developer with hand holding.