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I was very into Chemistry and Biology until I found Computer Science. C.S. was/is fascinating, so many interesting problems.

Until I found out C.S. to a majority of the world really just means coding - the most boring activity I can imagine. (to me... I have some parts of "H.D." in the ADHD, so don't downvote me).

I thought C.S. would lead to a career of solving difficult Automata, algorithmic, etc problems. Nope.



Hah yes, an unfortunate realization was that programming as a career strips away many of the things that made me interested in the first place.


Solving difficult problems is a very difficult job to get. Most employers do not want their employees solving truly difficult problems because it's too hard to replace someone capable of that. This is why the world of work has been so heavily organized around avoiding these difficult problems in favour of boring/repetitive tasks.




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