well, I don't know you ...

I can only tell you that my principal motivations in school for math and then programing were

• deep satisfaction when solving problems

• laziness (no need to learn many obscure rules or vocabulary by heart like in languages, understanding a basic set was enough¹)

• predictability (no room for interpretation if something is correct, i.e. different teachers same objective mark²)

I can't talk of possible different motivations of others which "aren't bored", I'm curious to hear them.

But if none of these reasons apply to you, you should consider doing something which really satisfies you.

Life's too short to ignore your talents! =)

¹) that's why I dropped organic chemistry in high school

²) essays were a horrible numberwang when confronted with different teachers, but maybe I'm either too autistic or too rebellious in this respect.

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