thats why they call it work

The Furious Purpose has a good outline on what makes an ideal software job.

• The Team
• The Process
• The Company
• The Product
• The Technology
• The Location (i.e. work at home)

For me, having a software quality plan in place is what you would like to see. Just saw this free (without customizations) for managing the software development process.

Also, collaboration is key for a job where people share knowledge and experiences so that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel everytime. Like this here wiki.