In the beginning of my career I hoped somehow my path would take me in the direction of a PhD. It's a thing that I still hold in very high esteem, pretty much regardless of the area of study. The amount of work, expertise and determination still seems incredible to me.<p>As I get older, I get closer and closer to thinking it'll never happen for me. Not because of life or kids or money or whatever, but because I just don't have that amount of commitment to put towards one area of study. Almost a decade (or an actual decade) devoted to just one thing seems insane to me.<p>It's the thing that, if I won the lottery (or my options become of any value), I'd give a shot. Not sure in what really. I'd start with a master's probably. But if I didn't have to care if what I was doing was kind of ridiculous, I would try.