@tfb I have the three haha.
I've considered a lot going back to uni, unfortunately and despite being in France I'm not in a place where I can go back to uni atm, but this is definitely something I keep in the back of my head.

Regarding your shift in career, did you just try and shoot applications here and there explaining your hobby?

@khm I'm in the EU where universities unfortunately don't seem as accessible but research would be something I'd love. Also I think I'll eventually end up in other sector computing but I never looked at it as exploration. Thank you!

I hate my web developer job. No time for unit testing, no time for documentation, no time for creativity or nice algorithms.
Just use whatever trendy JS {front,back}end framework, ship high bandwidth, heavy, soulless sites in no time.
The mere consciousness of it from my colleagues are jokes between two crypto bs talks. The climate catastrophes ahead are literally a joke to them.
I hate that I contribute to this and I want out.

Does anyone here have experience going from this kind of job to a more engineering-focused, ethical one? Tips? Interesting reads? I'd love to hear about it!

Boosts are appreciated!