Where are these jobs where you can write things from scratch? I do that on the weekends for free to recover from all the "jiggle" tickets I get in Jira. My imp

Where are these jobs where you can write things from scratch? I do that on the weekends for free to recover from all the "jiggle" tickets I get in Jira. My impression is that a trend started in the 90s which has taken over the industry where programmers that are capable of building things from scratch and keeping everything in their heads are much less valuable compared to those who are "weaker" but much more capable of communicating and cooperating.