Also, all programmers have a burning desire to build stuff from scratch, I don't think this is true at all. 80%+ of software work is maintenance related. Peopl

Also, all programmers have a burning desire to build stuff from scratch, I don't think this is true at all. 80%+ of software work is maintenance related. People who have a burning desire for green field development won't last long so they are few and far between. In fact, this is one of the biggest differences between real projects in industry and fake projects in CS undergrad education.