The important thing for me is to work on small problems that flex my abilities. Solving global problems isn't something that I strive towards. Figuring out a go

The important thing for me is to work on small problems that flex my abilities. Solving global problems isn't something that I strive towards. Figuring out a good way to speed up information retrieval in the context of my work (internal cache vs external cache vs denormalized tables, etc) is something that makes me happy. I'm happy doing whatever work lets me work on those small, difficult problems.