Over dramatic title, but there is some truth to it.
As a software developer I know how to make things. Maybe not super well, but I can get there. I also like to pay for software that others make.
The thing I run into is that I sometimes feel like I can make the thing and so I do. There are some benefits of this.
- I save some money
- I learn how to make a thing
- It’s fun to reverse engineer stuff
The problem with this is that I have a ton of tiny little projects that don’t work quite as well because I get bored with the fine tuning and polishing. And then I have something that works well enough, but not as well as the original thing I based my software on.
This whole thing reminds me of when people are doing home improvement projects and there is an option to pay someone to do it, but someone feels like they can do it themselves.
Maybe this isn’t a problem or a curse at all, just a way to spend time working on something.