As you mentioned, you can study about things you are passionate without pursuing a degree. Forget a 4 year degree in nursing, unless you want to actually work in an hostpital. You have a CS degree, move towards businesses positions, you can do that with self study! I have a psychology degree and a public safety diploma, yet i became a cybersecurity expert. We have the internet, we can learn anything in the world for free!
I have a CS degree and worked for 2yrs in IT field and now reflecting on myself that this is not my path, i can relate to you in many ways and now trying to find my passion on what to do next! Hope i find my passion soon like you do
I’m a freshman in college, finished my first semester in CS. Really interesting perspective. Honestly that extessential dread I’ve experienced halfway through. I have the same mindset the discipline gained and financial freedom outweighs passion. I think I found the middle ground in realizing I a have a love for learning and building projects to show it off. I’ll see how it goes through, but life always has a funny sense of humor (or cynical) I don’t know where I’m going to end up but optimistic (even with the terrible job market hope things get better)
I agree that you should do what you like to do and not for the sake of money. Money is just the means to do what you want to do, and most cases you don't need a lot of money to do what you want to do. So while money can be sort of a byproduct of you just being successful at doing what you want to do, it should never be the aim itself. It is really time that is the real important thing, over money, as money is really just supposed to give you the time to work on whatever you want to work on. So just going for money leaving you with less free time because you're spending time working for money is like totally not the point and it's like a trap. So yeah, I think you should never chase after money, but like you said, work on your dreams instead.
I was going ask if you ever thought about starting a discord server or skool group but at 7:30 it seems you already had similar ideas haha. I think you've got a really like minded and tight nit community so would be great if you're able to put something together. Great video as always!
Studied English and was a professor. Loved academia but not where I lived. Coding brought me back to Cali but my lifelong passion for philosophy, literature, and the arts give me joy every single day. Maybe consider something in the humanities as you can always fall back on “coding” for money.
At least you can pat yourself on the back, knowing that you realized all this at such young age. Keep it up! Your Boyfriend should feel lucky to have such a cute, intelligent and WISE woman. and if you're single, my friend wants to meet you.
you speak very harshly about your past self. I think your CS degree is highly valuable to have. it’s something you can always fall back on as well. without the money mindset and having the resources you built through CS in the first place, you might have not had the opportunity today to have all these epiphanies and find your real spark and joy in life. and even if you find the next thing, you may feel different about it later on too. good luck in your self discovery journey
money doesn't buy happiness, but it sure as hell buy alot of opps to be happy. If you can bear with CS and the tech industry, then accumulate alot more capital before making risky ventures into whatever it is you are passionate about. I work as a software dev too, and saved quite a bit, and my thought process atm is, if an economic downturn happens, and I get laid off, Imma just go all into med school. You can also start by doing a bit of both. Keep your job for now, but start a side hustle which is related to what you want to do, if the side hustle is showing promise, then you can go all in on it. For ex: You are a software dev, you can always work on building ur own online store a bit at a time, testing the water to see if running a business is your thing.
I'd add to this point that you don't necessarily just need the "one" passion, what you did in CS will always be there, you can have two or more passions, you can use CS as leverage for everything else you choose to do in the future! I don't necessarily agree you didn't have a passion for CS, especially if you were able to stick to it for so long!
The main question of more than 8 billions of people in these planet is: what makes u happy can make money for u. Which kind of things without money can make u happy? It's possible survive in these world primarily without chasing for money in the beginning on these process of building up a happy life?
if the first question is "how to achieve financial freedom?" the next one should be "freedom from what?" I think as we grow, we see clearer "that" which we need freedom from. if "that" isn't there chasing us anymore, then we don't really need financial freedom that much anymore. but then again, in this age, "that" is everywhere. Here's hoping you manage to live well and keeping "that" far far away!
I do confess that I like to study but well I imagin how your parents demanded off you cause asian parents tend to be like that , my parents are not asian but they were like stuck in the system mentality so much not because they wanted to but because the system bended both and they stopped thinking about freedom , so what I mean by that is that my parents were very stubborn , robot like , always shouting at me about study , about work , and they always yelled or ordered that I did something they wasnt like talking normally most of times ... I started taking a rebel path and having 0 responsabilitie in life ... cause it came to a point where they would not show any sort of care or love they would only boss you around ... and today I see both lost on their jobs , in my opinion you CANT work till you BECOME your job, you can work you can perfom but too much is too much ... nothing is worth our mental and physical health ... no money can pay you another human body .... like I said I like to study , I do code , I do know a decent amount of japanese and I am learning simple chinese too readings and writings ... but today I dont think about coding as in means to be a slave to fill a job gap that some boss decided to have mercy on us and take us in , I mean I like to code because I think it will be a necessary skill not only for survival but for really know about the things that are coming cause the cities are becoming smart , every car too , highways are becoming smart ... everything ... robots on the street , so why stress so much on a job , AI is here , musk created the optimus robots capable of doing small tasks and chatting to be at the home of the people , china with that dog robots ... many things .... can you see where this is all going?
I can see that you are really searching for direction. While no one can give you the answers, perhaps I can provide some ideas that might accelerate your search for purpose... 1. Explore your passions with small experiments. Rather than taking a big life step and realising that you made a mistake, try things out more and move on quickly. For example, don't start a Cafe yet, work in one first for a season. You'll soon know if that really is what you want. Do experiments that don't have a big cost (time and money) 2. Focus on skills, not just passions. Building skills can grow into passions over time expecially if you master it. I've been a software / hardware developer for years and I've just started working with DSPs for fun... now I'm building guitar pedals... who would know that I get excited creating a new sound for my bass guitar?!! Now I'm looking to start another business... You might find that your passions in life will come from the strangest places... or experiments. 3. Maybe it's worth finding a problem to solve and see where that leads you rather than trying to find a role. Hard to explain but kinda related to number 2. Maybe focusing your attention of solving a problem for family, friends or community will turn into something that you love. 4. Finally, and I think most importantly, build a growth mindset and build resiliance. This is tough and is often hard earned in the trenches of life but maybe shift the focus from a fear of failure and mistakes and regret to one of growth. For example, if you try a small business and it doesn't work, the right mindset it to understand what you learnt so when you start your next one, you now have more experience rather than saying I failed so I can't do that. In my first job after getting my degree, my employer said, "I don't care what you studied, as long as you have a degree because now we know you can make a big commitment and see it through". Your time doing CS is not wasted, it's just another foundational building block in your life that will certainly give you a return on investment many times over. Anyway, I hope you find amazing success.
This isn't expressed enough. I thought similar points going into CS. It was for money and when I mentioned it to close people they were impressed and regarded me differently But it wasn't my passion and looking back all the years I thought I was into computer science, but that wasn't the case. I enjoy reading the topics but actual coding/building is not for me. Now I'm following my passions and something that Does play to a strength but there's room to learn and grow simultaneously.
I bet you would be happy as a scholar, applying your computer skills to analyzing data and researching a topic you care about. Any topic that fascinates you, there's bound to be people researching it who would be really happy to have someone with great computer skills. Introduce yourself to the authors and they may have insights for your future path.
Hi Sia I really like your video however since you are a Korean its very easy for you to a green card in United States under EB2/EB3 which then gives the flexibility to pursue actual passions. However its not the same case for specific nationalities like India, China
I though you were quitting CS: Counter Strike
As you mentioned, you can study about things you are passionate without pursuing a degree. Forget a 4 year degree in nursing, unless you want to actually work in an hostpital. You have a CS degree, move towards businesses positions, you can do that with self study! I have a psychology degree and a public safety diploma, yet i became a cybersecurity expert. We have the internet, we can learn anything in the world for free!
I have a CS degree and worked for 2yrs in IT field and now reflecting on myself that this is not my path, i can relate to you in many ways and now trying to find my passion on what to do next! Hope i find my passion soon like you do
I’m a freshman in college, finished my first semester in CS. Really interesting perspective. Honestly that extessential dread I’ve experienced halfway through. I have the same mindset the discipline gained and financial freedom outweighs passion. I think I found the middle ground in realizing I a have a love for learning and building projects to show it off. I’ll see how it goes through, but life always has a funny sense of humor (or cynical) I don’t know where I’m going to end up but optimistic (even with the terrible job market hope things get better)
I agree that you should do what you like to do and not for the sake of money. Money is just the means to do what you want to do, and most cases you don't need a lot of money to do what you want to do. So while money can be sort of a byproduct of you just being successful at doing what you want to do, it should never be the aim itself. It is really time that is the real important thing, over money, as money is really just supposed to give you the time to work on whatever you want to work on. So just going for money leaving you with less free time because you're spending time working for money is like totally not the point and it's like a trap. So yeah, I think you should never chase after money, but like you said, work on your dreams instead.
With the economy today, job security is more important than passion, which sucks.
I was going ask if you ever thought about starting a discord server or skool group but at 7:30 it seems you already had similar ideas haha. I think you've got a really like minded and tight nit community so would be great if you're able to put something together. Great video as always!
"WHAT WE DO DURING OUR WORKING HOURS DETERMINES WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE DO IN OUR LEISURE HOURS DETERMINE WHAT WE ARE."
Studied English and was a professor. Loved academia but not where I lived. Coding brought me back to Cali but my lifelong passion for philosophy, literature, and the arts give me joy every single day. Maybe consider something in the humanities as you can always fall back on “coding” for money.
Passion is most important
At least you can pat yourself on the back, knowing that you realized all this at such young age. Keep it up!
Your Boyfriend should feel lucky to have such a cute, intelligent and WISE woman.
and if you're single, my friend wants to meet you.
I love the study group idea!! as someone still in college it would certainly make my math courses more enjoyable haha
you speak very harshly about your past self. I think your CS degree is highly valuable to have. it’s something you can always fall back on as well. without the money mindset and having the resources you built through CS in the first place, you might have not had the opportunity today to have all these epiphanies and find your real spark and joy in life. and even if you find the next thing, you may feel different about it later on too. good luck in your self discovery journey
money doesn't buy happiness, but it sure as hell buy alot of opps to be happy. If you can bear with CS and the tech industry, then accumulate alot more capital before making risky ventures into whatever it is you are passionate about. I work as a software dev too, and saved quite a bit, and my thought process atm is, if an economic downturn happens, and I get laid off, Imma just go all into med school.
You can also start by doing a bit of both. Keep your job for now, but start a side hustle which is related to what you want to do, if the side hustle is showing promise, then you can go all in on it. For ex: You are a software dev, you can always work on building ur own online store a bit at a time, testing the water to see if running a business is your thing.
I'd add to this point that you don't necessarily just need the "one" passion, what you did in CS will always be there, you can have two or more passions, you can use CS as leverage for everything else you choose to do in the future! I don't necessarily agree you didn't have a passion for CS, especially if you were able to stick to it for so long!
you gotta do you and keep your mental health up! you will be fine. cheers
The main question of more than 8 billions of people in these planet is: what makes u happy can make money for u. Which kind of things without money can make u happy? It's possible survive in these world primarily without chasing for money in the beginning on these process of building up a happy life?
Wishing you the best in all your future endeavors.
if the first question is "how to achieve financial freedom?"
the next one should be "freedom from what?"
I think as we grow, we see clearer "that" which we need freedom from. if "that" isn't there chasing us anymore, then we don't really need financial freedom that much anymore.
but then again, in this age, "that" is everywhere.
Here's hoping you manage to live well and keeping "that" far far away!
I do confess that I like to study but well I imagin how your parents demanded off you cause asian parents tend to be like that , my parents are not asian but they were like stuck in the system mentality so much not because they wanted to but because the system bended both and they stopped thinking about freedom , so what I mean by that is that my parents were very stubborn , robot like , always shouting at me about study , about work , and they always yelled or ordered that I did something they wasnt like talking normally most of times ... I started taking a rebel path and having 0 responsabilitie in life ... cause it came to a point where they would not show any sort of care or love they would only boss you around ... and today I see both lost on their jobs , in my opinion you CANT work till you BECOME your job, you can work you can perfom but too much is too much ... nothing is worth our mental and physical health ... no money can pay you another human body .... like I said I like to study , I do code , I do know a decent amount of japanese and I am learning simple chinese too readings and writings ... but today I dont think about coding as in means to be a slave to fill a job gap that some boss decided to have mercy on us and take us in , I mean I like to code because I think it will be a necessary skill not only for survival but for really know about the things that are coming cause the cities are becoming smart , every car too , highways are becoming smart ... everything ... robots on the street , so why stress so much on a job , AI is here , musk created the optimus robots capable of doing small tasks and chatting to be at the home of the people , china with that dog robots ... many things .... can you see where this is all going?
I DONT KNO YU BUT IF YU READ THE BIBLE AND LOOK FOUR THE LORD YULL FINDE YPUR ANSERS ❤❤❤❤
I can see that you are really searching for direction. While no one can give you the answers, perhaps I can provide some ideas that might accelerate your search for purpose...
1. Explore your passions with small experiments. Rather than taking a big life step and realising that you made a mistake, try things out more and move on quickly. For example, don't start a Cafe yet, work in one first for a season. You'll soon know if that really is what you want. Do experiments that don't have a big cost (time and money)
2. Focus on skills, not just passions. Building skills can grow into passions over time expecially if you master it. I've been a software / hardware developer for years and I've just started working with DSPs for fun... now I'm building guitar pedals... who would know that I get excited creating a new sound for my bass guitar?!! Now I'm looking to start another business... You might find that your passions in life will come from the strangest places... or experiments.
3. Maybe it's worth finding a problem to solve and see where that leads you rather than trying to find a role. Hard to explain but kinda related to number 2. Maybe focusing your attention of solving a problem for family, friends or community will turn into something that you love.
4. Finally, and I think most importantly, build a growth mindset and build resiliance. This is tough and is often hard earned in the trenches of life but maybe shift the focus from a fear of failure and mistakes and regret to one of growth. For example, if you try a small business and it doesn't work, the right mindset it to understand what you learnt so when you start your next one, you now have more experience rather than saying I failed so I can't do that. In my first job after getting my degree, my employer said, "I don't care what you studied, as long as you have a degree because now we know you can make a big commitment and see it through". Your time doing CS is not wasted, it's just another foundational building block in your life that will certainly give you a return on investment many times over.
Anyway, I hope you find amazing success.
This isn't expressed enough. I thought similar points going into CS. It was for money and when I mentioned it to close people they were impressed and regarded me differently But it wasn't my passion and looking back all the years I thought I was into computer science, but that wasn't the case. I enjoy reading the topics but actual coding/building is not for me. Now I'm following my passions and something that Does play to a strength but there's room to learn and grow simultaneously.
I bet you would be happy as a scholar, applying your computer skills to analyzing data and researching a topic you care about. Any topic that fascinates you, there's bound to be people researching it who would be really happy to have someone with great computer skills. Introduce yourself to the authors and they may have insights for your future path.
I hope the best for you ❤
i guess? im a gov.programmer so... programming except without the money.
its OKish but I sure wish i had that money!
차분한 내레이션이 저엉말 맘에 듭니다.
Any books you’ve been reading lately?
quarter life wisdom is a real one
Theres no job that i have a passion for im relying on my books and comicbook soon
This video popped up on my phone and I watched it to the end. Your story really inspires me. Subs!!
Bless you, most Asians wouldn’t let go of what you have, including me. But I’m older so I’m glad I don’t. Wish you happiness, peace and joy.🩷😊
is it true that Sia is having identity crisis at an early age
Hi Sia I really like your video however since you are a Korean its very easy for you to a green card in United States under EB2/EB3 which then gives the flexibility to pursue actual passions. However its not the same case for specific nationalities like India, China
Don't quit computer science. It's cool shit
U ARE BEAUTIFUL
There’s nothing wrong with choosing a career for money lol
My job doesn't define me. I'm a traveler, a global citizen, an observer of the world, a learner of humanity.
Your videos are very calming and interesting, it's like ASMR but better
Thanks! that means a lot:)
Yea time to sugarcoat and farm all the simpa here in your comment section 😮😂
Sia Park - losophy moment. Watching this while enjoying my sip of Cold Brew coffee.
The way you talk is clearly not fresh live record. You must have edited a lot or AI generated.
you have good content no need to over use editing tricks. It's making your viewers feel like they are drunk
Thanks so much for the feedback!
Are you AI generated video?
The industry is cooked anyway