Ask HN: As an adult introvertish nerd what makes you happy?
I figure my experience is relevant here. I graduated college in 2014 with a degree in finance and went straight to work in the machine that is corporate America. I had a &quot;good&quot; job and life was fairly easy. However, after a year or so I eventually became bored with that lifestyle.<p>I&#x27;ve always been a self-learner with a desire for knowledge and a challenge. I started looking around to go back to uni, this time something STEM related. I figured why not study abroad as I like to travel and the price to go to uni overseas was much more attractive. I saved enough money while working to allow me to go back to uni comfortably.<p>I chose to study physics in Germany, and by far it has been the best decision I&#x27;ve ever made. I&#x27;m about 1&#x2F;2 done with my studies now and I&#x27;m quite pleased. We take one experimental physics, one theoretical physics, and one math class per semester along with an elective. I&#x27;m learning some of the most fascinating stuff, math and physics are truly beautiful.<p>If you have any desire at all to learn math&#x2F;physics, then I highly recommend going back to uni to do so. The best part about doing it today though is that there are endless resources online to teach yourself outside of the class (or even just for fun if you don&#x27;t want to go back to uni). MIT has their OCW program which puts excellent lectures and materials out there for all to access (I&#x27;ve used their resources quite a bit, thanks MIT!). There&#x27;s also tons of other stuff out there like Khan Academy, Susskind&#x27;s lectures on YouTube, etc. that really make it easy to learn from the comfort of your home.<p>TL;DR: If you want to go study physics, go study physics.