You're right, sounds like maybe a bit of over-generalization from your situation :)
Do you have a direct manager who talks with you about your career growth? A good one might help you find projects that engage your broader interests. There are certainly roles and projects that involve some degree of inter disciplinary work, and not just at founder or team lead levels. If not at your company, there are certainly some at others. Startups especially welcome diverse contributions from early employees.
Hope you find a good outlet for your interests! If not in an engineering role, maybe try a side project.
I was always interested in technical PM roles, but I'm best at full-stack development. The most important work criteria for me, is to see the business as something I'd invest in. If I think the product matters (can have a serious positive impact on it's customers, rather than a marginal one), it's easy to get excited about it.
I have a few dev managers and experienced engineers who I've kept in contact with from an old summer gig - they all think I should join/create a startup.
I'm actually on the job market right now (Seattle) - but considering moving to CA because recruiters in that area seem to like me a lot more. Might be a culture thing.
I feel the same way, it's hard to care about something you wouldn't use or evangelise about, unless it's deeply niche and complicated enough to go over my head and make me feel dumb.
Thanks for your kind words of encouragement. I have decided to specialise in machine learning. It perfectly suits my analytical and technical appetite. Also I would love to work in robotics so it seems like a natural path. Btw: nice site http://codingforinterviews.com/ . I will definitely give it a go :)
Do you have a direct manager who talks with you about your career growth? A good one might help you find projects that engage your broader interests. There are certainly roles and projects that involve some degree of inter disciplinary work, and not just at founder or team lead levels. If not at your company, there are certainly some at others. Startups especially welcome diverse contributions from early employees.
Hope you find a good outlet for your interests! If not in an engineering role, maybe try a side project.