Kind of in the same boat here; gearing up for a PhD though. The best thing that I did was I talked to professors—after class, during office hours, just droppin

Kind of in the same boat here; gearing up for a PhD though. The best thing that I did was I talked to professors—after class, during office hours, just dropping in to see if they had time, etc. Ask them questions about what’s interesting to you. I pestered one professor so much that he was just like “would you be interested in studying programming languages?” I didn’t realize that was an avenue until then. Now I’ve got a paper in progress because that professor introduced me to another professor who helped me get introduced into the field. So talk to people. Be curious and ask questions!