This shit is so life draining, I can only think of jumping to the next highest paying company to keep earning more and saving for financial independence. Fuck this shit. This is no life.

So you thought, making your interesting and mentally challenging hobby your job was a good idea...

Yeah, me too, comrade.

Why not jump to a company you like instead?

@Oktokolo oohh this hits hard...

@electrineer I'd jump to some more relaxed environment but those are paid way less than the ones I've been on for the past 5 years. I really don't want to be working in this field when I'm over 40 (2 years ahead) so I want to earn as much as possible within my capabilities to invest in something else, have a Lean F.I.R.E and at least decide what to do with my free time. Be a baker, dog walker idk, but definitely not staring at code in a screen 12h a day. Or maybe I'll just do this as a hobby like the other comment.

Have you always felt this way about all your dev jobs? Or had it been a recent realisation built up over time- along the lines ”X years in this field and still…”

@jiraTicket oh thank you so much for your username, it gave me a well needed laugh before going to sleep. This feeling has build up I think in my current place. I've lost all joy in the craft. I really liked it in the previous company although I gave too much and ended burned out in the end. Have a nice day/night kind internet stranger.