I hate to share your abject cynicism, but some of the most mind-numbing work I've ever done is web-site design.
I have to do the web site work as collateral duty. Along with keeping the Linux system patches up to date and system backups. My Apache server also doubles as a means to capture my incoming data from the rail cars. The company firewall only allows TCP/22 and TCP/80. Incoming data arrives via TCP/80 to a CGI coded in C for speed. Less demanding CGI apps are done in python. The database back end ia mySQL. I have to do the database admin too.