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I’ve had similar issues at work where people really overdo something and it’s difficult. On one hand you never want to kill that joy and passion someone has. That’s a great characteristic. But projects have scopes and too often instructions like “just draw a blue rectangle” get ignored.


Totally. It was a harsh but needed lesson on the realities of getting work done in a commercial environment.




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