The project I'm working on is interesting, because it's the most pure programming work I've done since I started this job, and it's related to something I have very little knowledge about. I am just copying all of this business about mortgages and par values and compounding and whatnot, I have no idea what it all means or if it's actually accurate to how these things work. And it is not my job to understand it!
(To be clear: this is a simulation of running a bank, no real financial infrastructure involved)
You'd better believe that every time I have to type the word "mortgage", I am immediately thinking of this classic: