This is a real thing for sure. The first 80% of a project is the fun/creative part. The last 20% is painful and usually where you make a product out of a proj

This is a real thing for sure. The first 80% of a project is the fun/creative part. The last 20% is painful and usually where you make a product out of a project. Experienced developers know that starting a project means that ultimately you will have to do that 20% and they question whether it's worth the investment (before starting the fun part). New developers are usually blissfully ignorant and simply enjoy the first 80%. Some of them will take it beyond that... most will leave it as nothing more than an unfinished project. The fondness of directing others is really just the enjoyment of not dealing with the minutia of developing a robust solution.