I'll be honest: I solve problems more like the first than the second. I have sensors for certain kinds of information. I would like to be able to process it

I'll be honest: I solve problems more like the first than the second. I have sensors for certain kinds of information. I would like to be able to process it in order to convert it into other types of information. That isn't to say the second type of problem isn't important: to be able to say "solution X is the same as solution Y, even though their forms are very different" is powerful when you're trying to analyze and evaluate solutions to a problem. It's just a less common problem to solve.