Once you're "good enough", your view might change. The world might already change. The companies you'd want to work for may no longer be the one. I think you h

Once you're "good enough", your view might change. The world might already change. The companies you'd want to work for may no longer be the one. I think you have a great start: have a goal and pursuing that goal. Many young people just stay afloat without knowing where to go or what to do. I used to have a similar desire: to work in a company that people were buzzing about (Microsoft, Google, Twitter, you know who they are). Had a few chances to try one big company and one start-up and decided they were not for me. I definitely do not want to spend most of my time thinking, living, breathing technology, learning every prog. lang. under the sun, have to prove myself against my colleagues (competition always exist)... and work lots of overtime. I opted for a more stable job where I can exercise good software development practices and have more says on technical decisions. I have "downtime" once in a while where I can hone my skill further or polish the software we develop. The occasional downtimes give me great relief and a chance to clear my mind. When your mind is clear, you suddenly can explore other things: be it researching real-estate, learning how tax works, diversifying my financial portfolio, and basically being normal (socialising, etc). Those activities tend to open my mind to look at things beyond the technology world: other business opportunities outside hi-tech world. I hope you're successful in achieving your goal though. There's nothing wrong pursuing what you truly want. Once you got it, you might like it, or you'll decide to have another goal (^_^).