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Some people can be won over by the technical minutiae of a problem alone, regardless of what problem it actually sets out to solve.

Personally I can’t remotely relate to that.



I spent almost the entire first decade of my career being uncomfortable at how...unenthused? I was to solve business problems. I now have landed on this; technical aspects of a problem aren't enough for me to give a shit about what I do at work. It's a means to an end. My current role has interesting technical problems but the product means nothing to me, I think I'm going to take a hefty paycut for my next role if only to just have some sort of emotional investment in my work.




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