Hi everyone,<p>I am a 26yo engineer from Spain. I have been reading HN for a year already but I haven't ever written anything till today.<p>Thing is I am currently working as a Backend and Big Data engineer but I don't really feel it's my dream job: most of tasks are repetitive, technologies/tools are old as fuck, there is no such thing like CI, QA or even Agile in my team and most of the time I am working on features that weren't considered in the original design so you can imagine the problems I have to deal with.. Actually it's a pity because the project itself could be really interesting. Besides of that, there is a lack of company culture... In my previous job I used to hang out a lot with coworkers, play in the office, go to talks and workshops, etc. The worst thing, in my opinion, is that I feel like I am not learning much, or least, not the things I am into.<p>I know it can sounds like I am a complainer but I actually want to make the best of this experience and try to reverse the situation instead of quitting, that's why I would like you to give me some advice/opinion on how to deal with this situation and if some of you have ever faced something like this.<p>There are also good things that keep me attached to the job: The company is considered one of the best companies in my country, salary is competitive and they have nice perks.<p>Lately I have been into AI, Robotics and ML, I have always been interested in R&D topics in general, I have been balancing if a masters in AI would help me land a researcher job in one of those fields or if I should go for a course like those in Coursera, Udacity, etc.<p>TL;DR:
My current job/company is not what I thought it was going to be. I am thinking how to reverse this situation and also thinking in going back to school or learn new stuff to land a job I would like more