After working for a large IT shop for over 9 years (not there anymore :-D), I completely "get" this post. However, I have to say, we're spoiled. There are a lot of ways you can do worse.
Growing up, I often worked summer jobs that were either construction or factory work, right beside men in their 30s and 40s. Some days the weather was over 100 and we were expected to work in it for 9 or more hours. Some days we were doing something near a chicken plant where I had to put up with an unbearable odor the entire day. Often times, our only available toilet was of the portable kind. I've been a ditch digger. I've been up on a metal roof in that 100+ degree weather. I've spent 8 hours consecutively (with the exception of lunch) doing the exact same thing every 30 seconds.
Growing up, I often worked summer jobs that were either construction or factory work, right beside men in their 30s and 40s. Some days the weather was over 100 and we were expected to work in it for 9 or more hours. Some days we were doing something near a chicken plant where I had to put up with an unbearable odor the entire day. Often times, our only available toilet was of the portable kind. I've been a ditch digger. I've been up on a metal roof in that 100+ degree weather. I've spent 8 hours consecutively (with the exception of lunch) doing the exact same thing every 30 seconds.
Programming isn't so bad, by comparison.