I just had one of those "Sweet, it's not just me!" moments reading a short, but sweet IEEE interview with Radia Perlman.
The money quote:
"But the world would be a better place if more engineers, like me, hated technology. The stuff I design, if I'm successful, nobody will ever notice. Things will just work, and be self-managing. "
Amen.
My amazon queue just got longer. Sigh.