>> I've completely lost the urge to "change the world" Changing the world sounds like a lofty goal, but in practice is just a cop out. I too started out with t

>> I've completely lost the urge to "change the world" Changing the world sounds like a lofty goal, but in practice is just a cop out. I too started out with that in mind, but looking back with more maturity I see it differently now. "Changing the world" means what? A billion users? More? Less? What I got instead was hundreds to thousands of users. But to those folk my software really matters. It makes every day suck a bit less, and if that's "all" I've achieved then I'm happy with that. Here's an analogy (not my field at all). Do you think writing a program that allows 100 blind people to navigate the world is less satisfying than say improving ad-tech? And if helping blind people is perhaps a fulfilling goal, then what groups of metaphorical "blind" people are all around you? You change the world by changing one person's life. And if what you make can remove just a little bit of pain from just a few people, then rest assured, that's good enough.