Oh it payed good! But it cost me plenty in burnouts too.

Don't worry about asking me to be humble, it's _taught_ me to be humble, believe me.

I also understand what you say about alternating between being the hero and being the problem.

There is a tightrope to be walked so that you leave your client with code that works for them. I mean some tiny little kernel of code that only you understand isn't going to serve them in the long run.

I'm not claiming to have always gotten that balance right.