Ask HN: Seriously Frustrated. Encouragement, Advice, Bitch Slap Needed. 14 years ago
I feel you on this. I am a seasoned dev and have worked on lots of projects. But it is always someone elses vision and I kind of fill in the blanks and make it happen.
When you have to supply the vision, it gets A LOT harder! I think it is also distorting when you've worked on projects that have had success finacially but are not really great in the dev department.
A lot goes into a profitable project besides just good development.