Software Developer Burnout

You've evolved. programming is nice but not necessarily the most "humanly fulfilling" of all thing. It can be very lonely and "dry" so at some point you may find you took all you have to take from this field and move to jobs that bring different human experience.Try new things: entrepreneur, conference, product manager, even sales. i'm not saying it's necessarily an easy switch but the reality is that you may not have choice. your body is telling you somethi

I quit.I had a nearly 20 year career in software, excellent references and well paid. I became completely burned out and hyper-cynical at the pointlessness and shallowness of it all. I can't get excited or even much beyond passing interest in an industry that is almost completely devoted to making the problem of too much stuff far worse.So instead of getting excited at another pointless startup or tech that's "going to disrupt x" (it usually won't, and often it i

Anybody that is sending you hates etc, well yeah it shouldn’t be a surprise on this website. I hope you don’t get any death threats. But let me tell you amongst all the haters, you are not alone. In the words of the Misfits… “Walk among us” (Little punk humor)I kind of feel like being a web dev/programmer is like being a waiter in Hollywood. I can program, it pays really well right now and in high demand, but it not my career choice. But I’m always looking for my passion.In 2013, I u

I felt like that a few years ago. I didnt end up leaving my career, what i did instead was use my skills in a different way. Instead of being a web developer, i became a business consultant. Like you i didnt care about the latest fashion in the space and in general my interest was no longer in programming, however, 60%-80% of my time today is still writing code, but i'm much happier.What i do now is i work with non-technical businesses as my clients, they come to me with a problem, not a

I don't know about other programmers but I got out of the game. I still program for myself but I got sick of people asking me for miracles. I was to make them happen but it drained me every time and was consuming my life. The other programmers had a more balanced view (corporate programmers) and didn't think about programming outside of office hours but I couldn't do that. I tried working for a couple of startups but they all failed so I decided to change industries. Programing is essentially pr

I'm in an eerily similar situation. Been doing software development for about 5 years (though at different places, doing primarily Android development), am just over 6 weeks at a new job and I'm beginning to feel that software development's just not for me anymore. I don't feel passionate about most aspects of it - constantly playing catchup with the latest frameworks, the development/management methodologies/processes, wrestling with the Android framework, pushing

Heh, and I don't have a problem to say that I'm looking for a career switch. In fact I've been doing software engineering professionally for +15 years now and quite honestly I'm sick of it. Have been for years now.I still enjoy programming but only that and when I get to program my own hobby programs and focus on the parts and problems that I find worth solving and doing. I don't enjoy the SW dev work at work, doing stuff that I don't care (or the world do

You are not alone in that experience! Tech has so many fields that those curious find it easy to jump all over the place and get eventually get bored and explore something else.What I would say is, remember that whatever work is just work and there’s the rest of your life apart from work, so figuring out what do you want to do or who do you want to be would allow you to clarify and optimize whatever job to match that.Some want to work on the latest, shiniest technology.Some others on so

Very relatable, I have a post from 2021 describing the same thing and I haven't made much progress since then despite big life changes. I have a buddy who's similar to me in that regard, but he found developer work, but couldn't stand the uninteresting problem space and left after a few months. He's been trying to get back into tech for a few years now to no avail. From the outside it's easy to ask "why?", but perhaps employment isn't the endgame that one

I think you should think twice before taking this step. I love programming, but sometimes I feel the same. Sometimes I think maybe I've chosen wrong career and I should really become a taxi driver. But it's all from sameness. Try to change not your career for now but, for example, the project you are working on, or try another programming language (this helps me a lot). At last try to create your own project, even small, but it'll bring you joy back!