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The tech domain is so expansive that there is an inability to master it which is a core tenant for job satisfaction.

I watch machining videos on YouTube for fun knowing that I’ll never make the jump.

I occasionally build physical things just so I can have some variety in frustrations that help me put my day job frustrations into perspective.

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So no engineers are satisfied because they can’t master the entire domain of engineering?

Of course you can attain mastery over certain sections of computer science/engineering.

Anecdotally it certainly feels like many engineers are experiencing dissatisfaction, often because of lack of mastery within their section (cue the “web development moves too fast and cycles through too many frameworks and fads” articles).

I think there are degrees of scope, complexity and variability. A software engineer is more likely to have the world constantly changing under them at a pace that is difficult to keep up with.

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