You might want to consider shooting for financial independence (see https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/ https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependen

You might want to consider shooting for financial independence (see https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/ https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/). It might be a few years of grinding it out as a developer, but if you focus on it then it could come pretty quickly. Having a large cushion of savings makes it much easier to find fulfilling work. You can experiment with a startup if you want (and not worry so much about it failing). You can try a lower-pay but high-impact career. You can travel. I'm nowhere near FI myself, but even the savings I do have made me feel much more free. Otherwise, look into adjacent careers. Product management, sales engineering, and engineering management are all potential tracks to try.