[burntoutfire]

> My answer to "what do you want to do?" is rarely consistent for more than a few days in a row. I now realize I never really knew what I was after, and I was just lucky to be happy with whatever I had stumbled upon. Do I want to pursue being a depth IC, manager, founding engineer in startups, or even a founder myself? Hard to control scope in these decisions. Thinking this over day-to-day is a recipe for anxiety and endless analysis-paralysis.

My "fresh perspective" is that maybe none of that matters that much? What matters is that you enjoy your work colleagues, work is bearable and sometimes interesting, you make a lot of money, and you have a life (friends, family) to attend to after work.