Are you a salaried / wage-earning employee? If so, you may find it helpful to remember that the code you are working on does not belong to you, it belongs to t

Are you a salaried / wage-earning employee? If so, you may find it helpful to remember that the code you are working on does not belong to you, it belongs to the company/shareholders, and your job is to make it do what they want, more or less how they want. That doesn't mean you have to do anything that is dumb, or not in the best interests of the company, but if someone asks you to do something that is dumb or not in the bests interests of the company, you may have to explain (very clearly, and often repeatedly) why it is not in the best interests of the company, and in doing so you may find that you had imperfect information about all of the relevant stakeholders and requirements. Failure to remember this may result in being reminded the hard way, by being terminated / laid off, managed out. Conversely, if you have great ideas and want to control everything, feel free to start your _own_ company, find your own clients, etc.