“Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
As developers, we solve problems for a living. We spend our hours at work fixing things, testing things, troubleshooting things. It gives one a great sense of pride and accomplishment to fix almost all the tech problems that get in the way of productivity. But what happens when this need to solve problems becomes the problem itself?
