It generally creeps up on you. You're being helpful, trying to go that extra yard, striving for that little bit extra in order to make the job easier for someone else. But the more you do, the more is being requested. In small bites. And thats when it hits you – You're loosing control and “The Tail is Wagging the Dog”
"A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a
person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as
possible" - Freeman Dyson