I think this is an attitude shift that a lot of developers need to get over. They like writing code, they like working with computers, and they pick that to do as their day job.

But their day job actually isn't writing code, it's solving a problem for an end-user; the programming language is just a tool.

Rethink your job from a coder to a problem solver and you should be able to get over the compulsion to overcomplicate things for your own gratification.