Reading that I felt like I saw myself in it, a bit of my earlier self. Perfectionism was required at all costs back then and my work would be very much over-con

Reading that I felt like I saw myself in it, a bit of my earlier self. Perfectionism was required at all costs back then and my work would be very much over-considered compared to a more elegant simplistic solution scoped for the scale of the problem at hand. It's a lonely way to work and generally is less collaborative (so less learning once you get to a level). It's hard to feel like you are making progress over time when your only standard is perfection.