Yeah, I'm a developer, and I'm far from hating my work. Sure I'd rather have free time, but I don't dread Mondays, and I'm not depressed at work. Programming is fun, and as long as the office isn't a toxic environment (bad management etc...) it's definitely not bad.
At least a lot of office jobs have chairs that are better for your back, and you could probably bring in a chair that was better as you often have a desk space that is yours and you don't have to share.
I have to do an amount of desk work for my job, but it's done at a kitchen table and the chairs are table chairs. And I can't bring in a better office chair as there isn't space for one. Usually I only have a couple hours of desk work in a night, but some days I have more. The yesterday I was in that chair for about five hours total (it wasn't all at once). My back was not happy about it. It's not sitting in at a desk for 8 hours, 5 days a week, but if it was at least it would be in a office chair.
Also office job is bad for your back.
I have to do an amount of desk work for my job, but it's done at a kitchen table and the chairs are table chairs. And I can't bring in a better office chair as there isn't space for one. Usually I only have a couple hours of desk work in a night, but some days I have more. The yesterday I was in that chair for about five hours total (it wasn't all at once). My back was not happy about it. It's not sitting in at a desk for 8 hours, 5 days a week, but if it was at least it would be in a office chair.