If you're not happy while learning to code
you won't be happy when you land a six figure job
you won't be happy when you exit your startup for a billion dollars
happiness comes from alcohol, not money.
You're 25. You work on legacy code at a startup with founders who are 28. You haven't seen a single unit test since 2014 and daily standup takes an hour. You stick around for a few years and learn nothing. Company eventually dies and you're almost 30 still coding angular.js