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<blockquote data-quote="Hacker News" data-source="post: 74600" data-attributes="member: 365">I come from a very poor background, so I quickly learned that if I wanted something I needed to cling onto any opportunity that came up as if my life depended on it, because it did. From high school, to university, now to grad school, all I have done is stay indoors and study. It seems that learning and accumulating information is the only thing I am good at.I am almost done with my master's and I am also working FT at a FAANG company. I had some free time this weekend, when I realized I could do anything, but there was nothing I wanted to do.I know that to some degree I am burnt out due to studies, courses and everything else, but I honestly don't know where to go from here.I don't find my job particularly engaging, and I am considering returning to academia. I am having conversations with my co-supervisor on working with them after I graduate, and if that goes well, a PhD at the intersection of privacy, medicine and ML.It that unless I find some big goal to work towards, I am empty, a vessel, becoming what I am doing du jour. I spend all my time working and thinking about the problem and when that stops I don't have anything else.What can I do to deal with this apparent emptiness? I don't think diving into another project will cut it.<hr />Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33583593" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33583593</a>Points: 14# Comments: 19<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33583593" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hacker News, post: 74600, member: 365"] I come from a very poor background, so I quickly learned that if I wanted something I needed to cling onto any opportunity that came up as if my life depended on it, because it did. From high school, to university, now to grad school, all I have done is stay indoors and study. It seems that learning and accumulating information is the only thing I am good at. I am almost done with my master's and I am also working FT at a FAANG company. I had some free time this weekend, when I realized I could do anything, but there was nothing I wanted to do. I know that to some degree I am burnt out due to studies, courses and everything else, but I honestly don't know where to go from here. I don't find my job particularly engaging, and I am considering returning to academia. I am having conversations with my co-supervisor on working with them after I graduate, and if that goes well, a PhD at the intersection of privacy, medicine and ML. It that unless I find some big goal to work towards, I am empty, a vessel, becoming what I am doing du jour. I spend all my time working and thinking about the problem and when that stops I don't have anything else. What can I do to deal with this apparent emptiness? I don't think diving into another project will cut it. [HR][/HR] Comments URL: [URL]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33583593[/URL] Points: 14 # Comments: 19 [url="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33583593"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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