For me this is common. Not so much in the "saved the company" sense, but rather in the "oh, I know how to solve that" sense. And only occasionally for big thin

For me this is common. Not so much in the "saved the company" sense, but rather in the "oh, I know how to solve that" sense. And only occasionally for big things. More often for little things. Bug fixing. Feature design and so on. I seems when I stop looking at the problem so hard, the solution works itself out subconsciously, and is waiting for me the next time I think in that direction. Usually in the shower :) Of course this is just the beginning of the actual solution. The work is in taking the idea and then turning it into something useful. Ideas by themselves are valueless.