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I was in a similar boat as you - I decided to get a masters degree in CS from Georgia Tech (online part time program) to shore up some of the things I didn't kn

I was in a similar boat as you - I decided to get a masters degree in CS from Georgia Tech (online part time program) to shore up some of the things I didn't know since I was a bootcamp/self-taught full stack web dev. Now that I'm almost done with the program (which I will highly recommend if you're into that kind of thing), my desire to solve truly challenging and sophisticated problems has vastly decreased. My goal was to see what's out there and maybe switch to a different field of programming, something more "challenging" like systems development or computer vision. Well, honestly now that I spent some time studying those I care even less The real question I needed to answer is "what do I want out of life?" and I thought the answer is "work on truly challenging and sophisticated problems" and I don't think it's that. I'm still looking for the answer Lol I know this doesn't really answer your question, but really the best way to do what you're asking is to just find a hard problem that you're interested in and try and solve it. Then do it again and again. If you don't have any hard problems you're interested in, you sure you actually want to do it? The people I know who solve hard problems have had no shortage of hard problems they want to solve in their lives

markus_zhang 3y ago
> The real question I needed to answer is "what do I want out of life?" and I thought the answer is "work on truly challenging and sophisticated problems" and I don't think it's that. I'm still looking for the answer Yeah that's a tricky question. 41 with a family and still couldn't figure it out.
- aristofun 3y ago
  > Yeah that's a tricky question. 41 with a family and still couldn't figure it out. Who tould you that you have to figure this out in the first place?
  - markus_zhang 3y ago
    I mean just following the original post.
- qup 3y ago
  Start with "what do I want out of today?" and grow bigger timelines from there.
  - markus_zhang 3y ago
    Good question, I don't know honestly. There are some but only with cursory interest.
kabowyad 3y ago
At first i want to say, thanks for your reply. I wasn't hoping that someone will respond. Currently i have 26 years behind me, wife and one year old son. I ended bachelor and master degree in some city with 1.3kk population in Russia. And i don't have answer for your question "what do I want out of life?". I jumped in IT when i was 18 years old and was choosing to which faculty go. At the first 1-2-3 years of working i was really eager to work, learn and you know my eyes were burning. But know it's just seems like an ordinary work every day. I often want not to do tasks and do something else. But sometimes that fire from old days are burning my soul and i'm trying to read smth or touch new technologies. Ofc i'm doing this stuff when i have energy after working and spending time with my son. And i don't think i will be able to find strength and power to prepare to new interviews. And you know i think i have 3-4-5 more years before my brain will not help me in my work
- ativzzz 3y ago
  > in Russia I don't know your circumstances, but if you're still living there I have some ideas about how you're feeling (my family moved from there when I was a kid) > But know it's just seems like an ordinary work every day Ye that's the vast majority of us. > And you know i think i have 3-4-5 more years before my brain will not help me in my work This is completely false lol, especially if you take care of yourself healthwise It's hard to solve difficult problems when life drains your energy also, check out this post - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22398118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22398118

markus_zhang 3y ago

> The real question I needed to answer is "what do I want out of life?" and I thought the answer is "work on truly challenging and sophisticated problems" and I don't think it's that. I'm still looking for the answer Yeah that's a tricky question. 41 with a family and still couldn't figure it out.

aristofun 3y ago
> Yeah that's a tricky question. 41 with a family and still couldn't figure it out. Who tould you that you have to figure this out in the first place?
- markus_zhang 3y ago
  I mean just following the original post.
qup 3y ago
Start with "what do I want out of today?" and grow bigger timelines from there.
- markus_zhang 3y ago
  Good question, I don't know honestly. There are some but only with cursory interest.

kabowyad 3y ago

At first i want to say, thanks for your reply. I wasn't hoping that someone will respond. Currently i have 26 years behind me, wife and one year old son. I ended bachelor and master degree in some city with 1.3kk population in Russia. And i don't have answer for your question "what do I want out of life?". I jumped in IT when i was 18 years old and was choosing to which faculty go. At the first 1-2-3 years of working i was really eager to work, learn and you know my eyes were burning. But know it's just seems like an ordinary work every day. I often want not to do tasks and do something else. But sometimes that fire from old days are burning my soul and i'm trying to read smth or touch new technologies. Ofc i'm doing this stuff when i have energy after working and spending time with my son. And i don't think i will be able to find strength and power to prepare to new interviews. And you know i think i have 3-4-5 more years before my brain will not help me in my work

ativzzz 3y ago
> in Russia I don't know your circumstances, but if you're still living there I have some ideas about how you're feeling (my family moved from there when I was a kid) > But know it's just seems like an ordinary work every day Ye that's the vast majority of us. > And you know i think i have 3-4-5 more years before my brain will not help me in my work This is completely false lol, especially if you take care of yourself healthwise It's hard to solve difficult problems when life drains your energy also, check out this post - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22398118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22398118