> ...I've found that the further away I get from "hacky, simple, works" scripts that wow the uninformed the less I enjoy my work...Over time, I learned to tolerate all the BS that gets in the way of making magic happen in exchange for an ever-growing paycheck. Each step along the way made sense, but, upon reflection, the magic has been incrementally bled out from my passion...

Wow, its like you just wrote the intro to a chapter in my life!