The only hardware work I do regularly is cooking. Hardware generally has a higher, more complex Minimal Satisfying Project (MSP) threshold. In software, loosely defined to include writing, satisfaction can be found at the scale of making a good sentence, or a good Excel graph.
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it's different for everyone, though. I may take satisfaction from smelling the garlic as I crush it into a recipe, and I may not be satisfied with a paragraph until it's gone through SEVERAL drafts.
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and it goes up with skill too, a doodle I find satisfying would probably not do it for you

