[nemothekid]

>is almost a rite of passage for programmers, it is incredibly fun and rewarding,

Only when you are doing it for yourself or when it's a known undertaking. It can be very frustrating when you are integrating with some hardware and you are 99% complete and you've told everyone you are ready to ship and the last 1% is a surprise reverse protocol engineering project.

[mungoman2]

Well tbh, failing to deliver after over committing is also a good experience.

[marginalia_nu]

Lesson is to not say it's ready before it's ready.