> But if I see a ticket, the solutions is obvious to me and the rest of the time has to be spent coding, it just feels boring. I only have ~3 years of experien

> But if I see a ticket, the solutions is obvious to me and the rest of the time has to be spent coding, it just feels boring. I only have ~3 years of experience and I feel the same as well. Certain colleagues and I meet, discuss some possible small side projects, and after selecting one I usually participate in the planning and outlining or the algorithmic issues, boiler plate part is given off to a junior if interested enough to work on same.