[dsiegel2275]

I'm not gonna lie, putting in those couple hours can just be plain tough. Some days it is the absolute last thing that I want to be doing at 9 o'clock in the evening.

But I motivate myself by focusing on the long-term impact for my career, and thus the benefits for myself and my family:

Coupling my expertise in software engineering with deep knowledge in an adjacent field such as ML I believe can open up new opportunities and give me the freedom to take my career along paths that weren't possible before. That is what I remind myself when I sit down to work homework problems late in the evening.