I get there when I feel unsatisfied with the problems I'm solving. Maybe I ended up fighting fires for a day or two, say, and fighting fires doesn't bring me pl

I get there when I feel unsatisfied with the problems I'm solving. Maybe I ended up fighting fires for a day or two, say, and fighting fires doesn't bring me pleasure while my main body of work does. So, even though the fire fighting has immense value to those who benefit from the fires being put out, and I'm really good at doing what it takes to put them out quickly, I didn't start the fires myself and I didn't get my work done. I feel like a rescuer rather than an effective contributor and then I have to start trying to compensate for it. This is also touching on burnout. There's just a kind of programming work that is mentally draining and unfulfilling because the underlying problems or mistakes are entirely self-inflicted. Spending time fixing shit that didn't have to be broken.