> The boundary is fuzzy, engineering is heavily influenced by finance, otherwise it's just a hobby. This rings true for me. I'm interested in learning things,

> The boundary is fuzzy, engineering is heavily influenced by finance, otherwise it's just a hobby. This rings true for me. I'm interested in learning things, e.g. how processes work in Windows NT kernel, or how to write a custom memory allocator, instead of creating a product. I do have some passion for a certain product but it is highly personal and won't be shared. Quoting David Cutler, "What I really wanted to do was work on computers, not apply them to problems". I wish I knew this when I was younger.