I’ve been studying and building projects for a while, but recently I got a real test task and it changed how I see programming.
The task was to build two dashboard UI pages from Figma and handle access token expiration using refresh token logic in a Nuxt application. I completed it successfully.
What surprised me was that the most enjoyable part wasn’t writing the code or building the UI. It was debugging. Tracing auth issues, adding logs, following the request flow, identifying where the logic breaks, and fixing it. That felt real and satisfying.
After that, going back to pure studying feels empty. It doesn’t give the same sense of accomplishment as working on a real problem with real consequences.
I don’t particularly enjoy frontend work, though I can do it when needed. Backend feels more natural to me, especially around authentication, state, and request flow issues. I’m also not interested in bug bounty work due to the lack of feedback and outcomes.
I’m trying to understand what kind of role fits someone who enjoys stabilizing systems, fixing hard bugs, and debugging real-world issues more than building new features from scratch.
I’d appreciate advice from people who’ve taken a similar path.
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