I've been working on a Ebook reader called WizRead with a friend for 2+ years now, as a side project. The goal is to create a platform where users can read and share their reading stats, goals, ideas, by also providing a modern & friendly UI.
Currently we have only developed a desktop version for macos/windows/linux, but we are willing to conquer the mobile too!
Then I had the opportunity to start working for a remote company writing 2 webapps in reactjs (no guidance on the code, I had to learn all by myself with courses, youtube etc. because I'm the only one writing the frontend)
In the meanwhile I stopped the university for a year to only realize later that I was missing my academic education. After all, having a guidance on what to study makes you feel safer, the world is so complex and full of different things, that the university gives you the illusion of learning the "right" and "indespensable" thing. Trust our path, they say.
But now I'm here again, 1 exam left (on ancient Artificial Intelligence, based on Norvig's book), and I don't really know what to do - Artificial Intelligence Master ? - Computer Science Master ? - Sabbatical Year to learn by following rabbit holes, hoping to find my real self ?
In the meanwhile I'll probably see the AI take my job.
The great future I once imagined seems so unreachable now, I'm demoralized. I wanted to create cool and hard things, but I find myself chatting with LLMs nowadays, and I think, is this worth?
(How I migrated my tech career into a plumber career - coming soon.)
Ok, I didn't know anything about NPL, ML. Now I feel overwhelmed about all the knowledge that is going around. I also feel that when there is too much hype, the odds of being useful in a certain field decreases. So what's going to be hot after the NPL stuff becomes cold? And what is going to be hot after that new thing becomes cold as well?