Poll: Have you lost interest in programming?

Depends on what you consider "programming". Myself, I consider myself doing programming even if I delegate a lot of stuff to others.

That way, I get to do the interesting bits, while my minions do the monkey-work.

That way, I can't ever imagine myself losing interest.

I'd say that it also depends on what you mean by "lost interest". Using programming as "a means to an end" only doesn't qualify as having "lost interest in programming" IMO.

Are you talking about learning new tech or just coding? I can't separate the 2, I don't feel qualified to know something unless I have coded it.

I did lose my desire to learn though... 6 years ago, my career turned into a job. This was partly because we got tired of looking at the "next great Java framework". "Standardization" was what was asked for, "stagnation" was the result.

Then about 2 years ago I started learning things on my own time. I installed Ubuntu, started playing with Ruby/Rails:Python/Django, automated unit testing, reading blogs, even started taking classes again. My desire to learn is more intense now than it was 10 years ago. It is aggravating not being able to use the new stuff at work but with enough practice I will become proficient enough to leverage it elsewhere.

The only people who will ever get sick of programming are the ones who are in it for the money alone. Good riddance, should've listened to your parents and chose a career that you would've done for free.

View programming this way, if you go an extra effort to do it and make something good out of it, you will be more inclined to be proud of it (if it's really good), which then the more you are proud of your work, the more you feel that you own it, and the more need to protect it and invest in it.

Programming as with any other crafts, is a mutual relationship between you and your ego.