I had that feeling. It went away after a few more years. I used to try to fix everything and stay up at night thinking about a strategy to turn the spaghetti c

I had that feeling. It went away after a few more years. I used to try to fix everything and stay up at night thinking about a strategy to turn the spaghetti code into a well structured framework. What you don't realize before you start is that it takes an awful amount of time and the end user doesn't even notice it. You make it harder on yourself thinking about the ideal code rather then fixing the problem. It's all about making it work. And trust me, that in it self can be exciting. Think about maintaining an old php project where the original developer is all gone and you have to figure it out. You can complain all you want, try to convert it to rails, or you can fix the bugs. That feeling of figuring out and fixing it is where i get my thrill.