“I feel like I don't actually like software engineering and people can smell that in the interviews. I can tell you all about kernel linker bugs, jemalloc, compilers, etc. but when it comes to, "Why do you want to work here?" I always draw a blank. I just want to do cool stuff and throw me at any hard systems problem and I can thrive in it.”
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Someone answered with kindness...
You just answered your own question- "I just want to do cool stuff and throw me at a hard systems problem and I can thrive in it" thats your answer dumbass its right there