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Jeremy Friesen

It sounds like you're looking for a road map to get you to an unclear location.

A couple of questions to help understand where you are at:

  • What were the steps you took to get where you are at?
  • What of those steps gave you energy? Came "naturally"? "Clicked?"

To invert that a bit, find 3 to 7 job postings in your field, "print" them out:

  • With one color, highlight what resonates with you
  • With another color, highlight what gives you pause
  • What is it about those highlighted sections? Dig into this a bit.

The goal is to try to establish an initial destination, the first "stop" if you will, on this career journey.

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N.H

I have done some self digging. On that I have just come to learn that programing community or I should say the characteristics of a programmer resonates with my nature. To say in simple terms it clicks.
But now after getting admitted in CS study I have come across to a new problem an that is how to approach it.
Because there are so many positions as a programmer. I don't know what to choose ?

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Jeremy Friesen

With all of the options, start looking at what problems you like to solve and/or what comes easily to you.

For myself I love data problems and server-side constraints.

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N.H

I like to solve backend and security problems.

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Jeremy Friesen

Now, let's remove compute technology from the equation. What are your interests and passions. What does that domain look like. What "problems" do you see there? What about you and your values and beliefs energize you.

In other words, tech is a tool. Why do you have this tool in your hand? What is it that you look to do?

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N.H

I would say that I like to solve security issues by creating a more secure system.