One thing at my last job that killed me was the security requirements for login. I would spend a week procrastinating and then be met with having to do multifactor verification to get access to the source code again. But it was this massive headache involving git credentials, the companies own "security" software, all wrapped inside of a virtual machine that needed additional steps, on top of the software just straight up not working randomly.

But I digress. The details aren't too important as long as it's understood it's a headache.

This shit literally just stopped me from working. It was so much hassle between other emails to reply to and distractions that I would literally spend a day getting logged back in correctly, end my day. And then just lose all motivation to work for awhile after.

I am not meant for this type of environment. It literally makes my brain turn to mashed potatoes.

So, to actually respond to your comment. Sometimes the "small things" are fucking massive for me. Like the hardest hurdles to get over. Because I get so frustrated or bored with them that I just lose all interest.

I'm 100% with you on the "traveling helper" idea. I love hearing about a pain point from someone during a meeting and thinking I have an idea for that... Like you said, I'll spend hours ignoring my actual work in order to help make this other person's job easier. In the past, I've referred to myself as a "force multiplier" by doing things to make other people's jobs easier, and I think this fits that quite well.