QUOTE(Palindromes @ Mar 13 2020, 12:33 AM)
Today I have to face this question, standing at the crossroads.
For quite a long time, it was passion / interest that motivated me in coding. Even though while I worked office coding job, I was mentally (and physically) there, but my heart (or passion for coding) was not there. But when I tried to be passionate about my coding job, it was often counter-productive and meant the end of my job there (why? I would try to use my own "creative" way to accomplish programming tasks rather than what I was told to).
Today I suddenly I realized that I have done enough for my own interest or passion in IT....that's included some fundamental understanding of OS kernel, bit manipulation, all things console or character user interface, and some bitmap handling....
Should I proceed in IT for money? Since I can't head onward anymore with passion. Simply can't.
Of course I do IT on and off for money, but now I will be doing IT for money, and because of money?
main motivation is to get into low level programming
did find some fun in learning to code and feel like coding is quite interesting once you get into low level
now im struggling in C# cuz I use basic C and embedded C more but its interesting to learn when you dive deeper
IT is a wide field, maybe you can choose AI or even data science if u fancy big data
money is one thing, ur happiness and fulfillment is another
my 2 cents