I think an issue people have is they believe they are good at solving problems which they then think they can do minimal research on something and will be able

I think an issue people have is they believe they are good at solving problems which they then think they can do minimal research on something and will be able to solve problems in that domain. I've spent my career building web based software for solving business problems. That doesn't translate at all to solving anything that qualifies as a problem for the world or humanity. I don't intend on changing my career trajectory at this point, I'm fine with solving these types of problems for the money it pays. This doesn't mean I don't care about big/important problems just that my contributions to those will be small in nature based on my personal time/money.