THANK YOU! I'm incredibly grateful for your taking time to answer my question. I was constantly hitting refresh to see if anyone answered, and you're the only a

THANK YOU! I'm incredibly grateful for your taking time to answer my question. I was constantly hitting refresh to see if anyone answered, and you're the only answer I got -- and 100% the only one I needed. I think what you say makes sense. There's times when you hear advice and you just know it's true and on point. And that is exactly what I saw in your words of advice. I'm going to stick it out and just finish. Aside from career, it is also helping me with random side interests that I have like making my house smart, setting up media servers, creating my own Raspberry Pi surveillance system, automating work tasks. So like you said, the things I'm learning are useful in and of themselves. Thanks a bunch, friend! You made a real difference!