Frankly the "big picture guy" comment is a bit snobbish. If you have big ideas and you know how to build them...go build them. Otherwise your ideas never mattered anyways.
I'm bored by web dev. Where is the cutting edge of tech and how do I get there?
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Re: I'm bored by web dev. Where is the cutting edge of tech and how do I get there?
#12Look into Machine learning and Neural Networks. If you like python start by checking out pyBrain.
Re: I'm bored by web dev. Where is the cutting edge of tech and how do I get there?
#13Frankly the "big picture guy" comment is a bit snobbish. If you have big ideas and you know how to build them...go build them. Otherwise your ideas never mattered anyways.
He clearly wants to build something, just in the process of figuring out what that is exactly. Your comment was a bit snobbish buddy boy.
Re: I'm bored by web dev. Where is the cutting edge of tech and how do I get there?
#14CRISPR? Like CRISPR-CAS? That's molecular biology, and while it's an important new tool, it's just a means to an end. Getting into biological research is going to require a degree, basically without exception. There are more biology PhDs than positions, so employers can be picky. Lots of biotech firms can demand people with a post-doc or two under their belt.
Re: I'm bored by web dev. Where is the cutting edge of tech and how do I get there?
#15just pick something that may interest you and work on it outside of your day job. That's how I keep myself away from bordum
Re: I'm bored by web dev. Where is the cutting edge of tech and how do I get there?
#16Hi Noob,
I think the most fascinating and lucrative field today is in medical and biotechnology. I am a game developer moving into that space as well. Making 3-D interactive bio experiences or simulations (think "fantastic voyage" style stuff) is quite difficult[1], gaining popularity, and no one is really doing much of it yet.
[1] It is difficult in many ways, the one you'd be most interested in is probably "simulating systems with trillions of independent actors such as the bloodstream or a working tissue so you have to cheat/optimize like hell."
Re: I'm bored by web dev. Where is the cutting edge of tech and how do I get there?
#17A couple of ideas :
-- Deep neural networks. For : not so difficult to learn, still mostly heuristically trained so a lot of room for self-created "gurus", currently sexy with a lot of applications. Against : existing connections to academia and researchers may contribute to the kind of applications you are asked to work on.
-- Being a programmer for scientific research. For : a whole lot of different applications, can generally work at universities or institutes anywhere in the world, an intellectually stimulating environment. Against : the level of your higher degree will often determine your pay rate, which may be lower than corporate, credit on papers for programmers is only beginning to gain general acceptance.
Re: I'm bored by web dev. Where is the cutting edge of tech and how do I get there?
#18That's why they call it work - (half kidding, half serious, I tell my friends this all the time when they complain about their day job). The economy/job market isn't the greatest so be glad you're able to do something you semi-enjoy in a comfortable environment and make a decent income. When you're working on your own projects, learning new things, can change direction at any time, chase new things that is fun and ex…
> The economy/job market isn't the greatest so be glad you're able to do something you semi-enjoy in a comfortable environment and make a decent income.
The economy will always be in the shitter and people will keep using it as an excuse to not find better opportunities. Find projects that you would like to work on and approach them. Lack experience ? start doing it on your own.