If you don't know what you want to do, then trying different things is a good way to find out how things really are. It does not scale to all jobs (you can't "t

If you don't know what you want to do, then trying different things is a good way to find out how things really are. It does not scale to all jobs (you can't "try being a neurosurgeon for a while") but will give you an initial perspective for a lot of them. Keep in mind that at the beginning of a new project or hobby we all go through a "learning phase" in which the effort put does not correspond with a lot of value obtained. Process can be slow, mistakes frequent. That's normal. Look not only where you are now, but where you could end up, and ask yourself if that's where you want to be.