Join the crowd. I used to work with a guy that said he'd rather be a groundskeeper and mow grass. I totally sympathized with him then, and somewhat felt the sam

Join the crowd. I used to work with a guy that said he'd rather be a groundskeeper and mow grass. I totally sympathized with him then, and somewhat felt the same way. But at this point am so burnt out and bored with development that I am seriously considering changing careers. There are a number of problems with this though. Go to Indeed.com and type in the name of the language you know. Look at the many opportunities and how many of those fall into respectable salary ranges. Now type in other occupations. Not quite as good, huh. On the bright side, Indeed.com mines Dice, Monster, and other tech-oriented jobs, and many opportunities are duplicates because different recruiters are advertising the same opportunities. Anyway, let's assume you are still burnt out and the reality that you will probably make less money doesn't scare you. I am also in that situation, so I understand. Here's some stuff to look at: Skim down this list: http://www.daveramsey.com/store/cBOOKS-p1.html http://www.daveramsey.com/store/cBOOKS-p1.html Read 48 Days to the Work You Love Do the PrincetonReview Career Quiz: http://www.princetonreview.com/CareerQuizResults.aspx http://www.princetonreview.com/CareerQuizResults.aspx Don't feel shame for wanting to do something else. It is normal. If you are so hateful of your current job and work, it could just be the environment too. But for me it isn't. I like coding, but it gets boring. And technology for the sake of technology is lame. Whoopie- So there's xxxx (name your favorite new tool, programming language, etc.) Who cares. That's as far as I've gotten though. Just don't jump off a cliff. You should take risks, but just quitting is probably not the right answer. Although I've thought about it. A LOT. And I think this job is affecting my health (random abnormal head pains, etc. that don't match any known description of disease I've seen, that went away mostly while on vacation).