Well we are all different.. some might not find it boring to get up in the middle of the night to fly on auto pilot for over 3 hours and then get back after just seeing the destination airport. Well.. but I do. I like the short flights, the landings and especially the few times you can do a visual approach. (I have to admit that the thought of flying a float plane or similar instead have crossed my mind a couple of times.) But I can endure the boring time, if it pays off well in terms of coming home to your family, friends and have a creative hobby. But right now I don't have this luxury. But I hope to get it in the next up turn.
But why compare flying with a boring office desk job? There are plenty of other jobs out there that are more creative and fun and I don't think many pilots would settle for anything less.
Just get clear in your mind why you want to do this. I agree with the author that the love of flying isn't a reason enough, especially if you are planning to fly the big jets where you hardly touch the controls, and to get to the jets you have to work hard, sacrifice a lot and this pay to fly programs will for sure not stop.. and you can do a lot of fun with this money instead.