I am drawn to things that are complex enough to be interesting—systems, languages, stories, and the connections between them. The work looks different across the three paths, but the underlying curiosity is the same: understanding how things fit together and making something useful or meaningful from that understanding.
Hardware and IoT projects that connect physical devices with complete software systems.
SaaS applications for B2C use cases.
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. It sits perfectly at the intersection of hardware, emotion, and science fiction.