I imagine that's sometimes true. Also, sometimes you could be a busy beaver implementing a lot of stuff you don't need. (And I'm a hobbyist programmer now (ret

I imagine that's sometimes true. Also, sometimes you could be a busy beaver implementing a lot of stuff you don't need. (And I'm a hobbyist programmer now (retired) so it's all stuff I don't really need.) Also, sometimes being in the zone results in tunnel version and taking breaks results in new perspective. So I think this is an area where "it all depends" is the best summary.