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Something useful that feels like it's worth being made, technically interersting to make (which to me generally means challenging to keep me interested), and wi

Something useful that feels like it's worth being made, technically interersting to make (which to me generally means challenging to keep me interested), and with good quality tech practices where you can feel satisfied you've done good work. You need a good balance between "getting things done" and "doing things right". So ideally I want something that satisfies as much of those things as possible. I'm not necessarily blanketly against fintech or any other thing, but for example a lot of fintech will just be used to further the interest of people who are leeching the world's money and resources and increasing inequality. So I would feel bad about it. Some fintech is genuinely innovative useful stuff though

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“Something useful that feels like it's worth being made” Example? What is worth making? “technically interersting to make (which to me generally means challenging to keep me interested)” What do you find challenging? Sounds like writing a programming language and using Rust are interesting to you, given your projects? “with good quality tech practices where you can feel satisfied you've done good work.” If you don’t mind me saying, it sounds that you know what you don’t want, but do not have a good handle on exactly what you want (or haven’t expressed it) or how to get where you do. As an exercise, follow up on some of these threads. Multiple people have made suggestions and you have been a bit dismissive. Go a bit deeper. If you want a job programming Rust and building programming languages but find you are not getting the interviews for programming language companies like JetBrains, its possible you could also just take on open source tasks in Rust’s existing community. It doesn’t have to be the core team, maybe one of the game dev rust environment frameworks. What are the pros of doing this? Ignore the cons for a moment since you are feeling stuck. Is it worth being made? Is it technically interesting? Is it good quality tech practices? I have noticed for me that my interest in programming languages peaks when I want to sharpen the saw. When I want to learn and get ahead of the next wave (our industry is so faddy, I find it silly to ignore it. It’s an amazing way for new people to become the experts quickly in a new area and ride the demand). When I dive into it, I realise that its not so much the language, it’s just a new work environment and opportunity I want, then I dive into a new industry. For me, my passion was really being in something used by millions/billions of people. I went to big tech and loved it. I came to recognize that I wanted a team that knew what it was doing in a big org with possibilities and lots of learning material. When I get the programming language itch now I recognize it as being bored. Thats me, not you though. I am just illustrating. What appeals to you specifically as making a difference? Who do you want to learn from or work with? To help you out, it can seem that you are going in circles and the doors you want are closed. But those doors are not the only way into the building. What building do you want to be in?

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“Something useful that feels like it's worth being made” Example? What is worth making? “technically interersting to make (which to me generally means challenging to keep me interested)” What do you find challenging? Sounds like writing a programming language and using Rust are interesting to you, given your projects? “with good quality tech practices where you can feel satisfied you've done good work.” If you don’t mind me saying, it sounds that you know what you don’t want, but do not have a good handle on exactly what you want (or haven’t expressed it) or how to get where you do. As an exercise, follow up on some of these threads. Multiple people have made suggestions and you have been a bit dismissive. Go a bit deeper. If you want a job programming Rust and building programming languages but find you are not getting the interviews for programming language companies like JetBrains, its possible you could also just take on open source tasks in Rust’s existing community. It doesn’t have to be the core team, maybe one of the game dev rust environment frameworks. What are the pros of doing this? Ignore the cons for a moment since you are feeling stuck. Is it worth being made? Is it technically interesting? Is it good quality tech practices? I have noticed for me that my interest in programming languages peaks when I want to sharpen the saw. When I want to learn and get ahead of the next wave (our industry is so faddy, I find it silly to ignore it. It’s an amazing way for new people to become the experts quickly in a new area and ride the demand). When I dive into it, I realise that its not so much the language, it’s just a new work environment and opportunity I want, then I dive into a new industry. For me, my passion was really being in something used by millions/billions of people. I went to big tech and loved it. I came to recognize that I wanted a team that knew what it was doing in a big org with possibilities and lots of learning material. When I get the programming language itch now I recognize it as being bored. Thats me, not you though. I am just illustrating. What appeals to you specifically as making a difference? Who do you want to learn from or work with? To help you out, it can seem that you are going in circles and the doors you want are closed. But those doors are not the only way into the building. What building do you want to be in?