All these complaining is funny. I was building software since the later 1990's. I'm not tired of it. Sure, most of the jobs out there are your standard CRUD stu

All these complaining is funny. I was building software since the later 1990's. I'm not tired of it. Sure, most of the jobs out there are your standard CRUD stuff. But I still like it. A lot of people complain about not having interesting stuff to work on in the day job. Well, that's why it's called a job. I was burnt out from my software job as well until I got a shift in perspective. I picked up a photography hobby and got pretty good. In fact, I was seriously contemplating changing careers and was gaining steam. But I realized the more clients I picked up, the more uninspiring crap I had to shoot. This wasn't your everyday wedding or family photos. It was fashion photography where the industry was seen as more "creative" and "edgy." But once you get down to it, it was the same crap as any other job. Sure I shot a lot of my own personal projects as well (like open source projects for software engineering). In fact, in that industry it's more required to have a huge portfolio of test shots where you're constantly evolving. In software engineering, that's not as required. But even that became a grind since you're pressured to constantly hone your blade while new, younger, more creative people were coming up. Is it hard dealing with your manager, product managers, changing requirements, etc. in your software job? Well it's the same stuff in commercial fashion photography. Change their minds constantly. Sometimes I doubt they know what they want either. Budgets change, scope changes, a ton of politics, and so on. It's all the same. This is when I realized I actually liked software engineering better. I found it more fun solving "boring" problems and learning the new technology of the day instead of hustling hard in the photo industry. I get people complaining about not doing interesting work in their job. But that's what 99% of the industry is. You'll most likely create another CRUD app or work on stuff that is the least interesting to you. Only the lucky/elite 1% (just like in other industries) gets to do cool, interesting stuff. Grass in greener on the other side. But I've stepped my toes on the other grass, and it's the same shade of green. I learned to enjoy my job as a software engineer. I'm in the 40's, and hopefully I'll have enough energy to keep it up for 20+ more years.