scratch one's own itch

Meaning: (idiomatic)To do something out of motivation to solve a personal problem; totake matters into one's own hands.1999,Eric S. Raymond,The Cathedral and the Bazaar, section2:Every good work of software starts byscratching a developer's personal itch.2013,The Escape Manifesto: Quit Your Corporate Job. Do Something Different!:The best advice for coming up with a business idea is "scratch your own itch". This is good advice for a variety of reasons. If you can think of a problem that you'd like a business to solve for you, the chances are other people share that problem.; (idiomatic,euphemistic)tomasturbate

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