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Scared about getting a job as a programmer.

Hello,

Working as a programmer is genuinely scaring me. I love solving problems and trying to find their best solutions, but when i think about getting a job as a programmer, i'm scared. Most of the jobs i see aren't really involve solving problems, but much more arguing with a language to make it do what you want. Take as an example Web Developers (i had an internship in a webdev company this summer, and this started my thoughts), to me it looks like they're spending most of their time writing solutions to problem they've already solved over and over. And if i think about jobs that actually involve solving problems i start to think about deadlines, having to write bad code on purpose to meet them and even to be irrepleaceable and get job stability.

This is definitely what i don't want to do, and i'm pretty sure it'll bring me in depression pretty quickly.

What i want to do, is spend my time solving problems, find new ideas, improve programs so they're easier to use, faster, lighter, without all the bullshit that most programs today bring with themselves.

I was thinking Academia could be my thing, but i'm not even sure if i'll be able to enter University, because as much as i'd want to, i don't really have enough money, and i don't even know what working in Academia really is like. But if i think i'd like it, i'm pretty sure i'd start doing something about the money.

So, what do you think that could be my possibilities?
gpt
I really think you should try to attend university if you really want to pursue a career in the CS area. There are many scholarship and loan opportunities for those in a less than great financial situation.  University will help you discover the different types of careers. 

Research may be what you're looking for but you won't get there in academia or business without a degree and likely a masters/phd of you really want to pursue research.