> What I found interesting is how it forced me to think differently about the development process itself.

> Instead of jumping straight into code, I found myself spending more time articulating what I actually wanted to build and high level software architectural choices.

I don't want to sound rude, but isn't this is something that happens to you with experience after some years?

How can you even be a senior developer without "spending more time articulating what I actually wanted to build and high level software architectural choices"?