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Re:Ask HN: You favorite (not so popular) quote? on Sunday July 12, 2020 @06:52AM (#23810433)
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

I don't remember where I read or heard this one.

+1 for altruistic endeavors. Nothing beats the fulfillment you get on helping others, even a small act might mean a huge thing for someone else.
> But if I see a ticket, the solutions is obvious to me and the rest of the time has to be spent coding, it just feels boring.

I only have ~3 years of experience and I feel the same as well. Certain colleagues and I meet, discuss some possible small side projects, and after selecting one I usually participate in the planning and outlining or the algorithmic issues, boiler plate part is given off to a junior if interested enough to work on same.