"Youth is the most precious thing in life; it is too bad it has to be wasted on young folks."
When I was young, hungry, eager, I would drive fast and take chances, fail fast often, move fast and break things, you get the idea. I would have ripped apart that API and put it back together in record time, paying no attention to any debt I have accrued.
Years of mistakes have earned me the caution necessary to not deliver products that ruin my nights and weekends, disappoint clients, or make my company look incompetent. It sounds like your experience is correctly preventing you from making those mistakes.
When I was young, hungry, eager, I would drive fast and take chances, fail fast often, move fast and break things, you get the idea. I would have ripped apart that API and put it back together in record time, paying no attention to any debt I have accrued.
Years of mistakes have earned me the caution necessary to not deliver products that ruin my nights and weekends, disappoint clients, or make my company look incompetent. It sounds like your experience is correctly preventing you from making those mistakes.