You can get part way there with a sabbatical. I recently took a 2 month break from work, and coming back I had plenty of these moments too. Things that previo

You can get part way there with a sabbatical. I recently took a 2 month break from work, and coming back I had plenty of these moments too. Things that previously I thought were smooth weren't. Processes that I thought worked fine seemed to crumble. The overall application speed felt like treacle where previously I thought it was fine. Sometimes a fresher perspective on the state of things is important, although unlike a new team member it's not doing me many favours pointing some of this stuff out. Being a new team member is also an amazing opportunity for being able to speak freely about problems and point out that the emperor is nude.