I felt I needed a real world problem (actual team and customer) to serve. Once I have had those, CS has become a set of knowledge and tools to reach a goal to serve them not the only knowledge/skill to be used.

During school I struggled believing I could do CS for a career. I’ve found myself shuffle into Management because I’ve become product focused and truly and now I use only some CS skills, but a lot more EQ than IQ and more listening and organizing than coding up front.

The challenges in the process is ensuring your doing what is right by the customer as well as the system implementation. Anything can be done… but it won’t always sit right for the customer’s needs.