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I felt this way about tech a year ago. Everything you said is true, to a degree, but you're only seeing the negatives. Ask yourself why are you only seeing the

I felt this way about tech a year ago. Everything you said is true, to a degree, but you're only seeing the negatives. Ask yourself why are you only seeing the negatives? Cause there are definitely positives too. What I found is whenever I can only see the negatives, something is off with me. I'm not taking care of myself. I'm not sleeping enough, I'm not eating right, or something! I found it's really hard to be jaded/bitter when you're active and healthy. My guess is because you have the energy to tackle all the flaws you see, turning them into opportunities.

trilinearnz 6y ago
Agreed. I would say to set aside a little time and see if you can think of anything within the realm of tech that you still find interesting. Regardless of how irrelevant you might think it is at first glance, as you will be biased towards what you think are the 'valuable' roles right now. For me, while I might be losing a little love for web dev and corporate IT, I realised that I still really enjoyed learning about Linux, using Vim, and doing game development in C (all of which are very different from what I do now, but still within the realm of tech). Reconnect with what made you passionate about technology to begin with, and let that fire guide your choices in the future.