Seems like the exact opposite. The very example you are replying to is the mechanistic translation of one low level language to another, maybe one of the most boring tasks imaginable.

It goes both ways- manually manipulating bits is boring. But so is reviewing and rubber stamping code.

It's like the transition from hand-crafted furniture to assembly line mass produced furniture.

The assembly line brought its own excitement, but that excitement was not to be found on the actual assembly line.

You are getting downvoted but I agree.

For whatever reason a good part of the joy of day to day coding for me was solving many trivial problems I knew how to solve. Sort of like putting a puzzle together. Now I think higher level and am more productive but it's not as much fun because the little easy problems aren't worth my time anymore.