Hm... Interesting points. I'll have to reflect more on that, but at a glance I think I genuinely do like my current position. I have the control and flexibility

Hm... Interesting points. I'll have to reflect more on that, but at a glance I think I genuinely do like my current position. I have the control and flexibility to do practically whatever, without much responsibility _requiring_ me to do much of anything. The startup is large enough (50+ employees) that a lot of the boilerplate is done, across all fields, and the real meaty work can begin. > I attribute a lot of what was happening to the cognitive dissonance... I have had significant issues with cognitive dissonance in the past. I was experiencing strong RSI-like sensations, with nothing I tried relieving the pain. I believe someone on HN pointed me towards The Mindbody Prescription by Dr. Sarno, which talks about your brain causing pain in response to cognitive dissonance. It's honestly pretty weird and probably a placebo, but actively being aware of my dissonances and mentally addressing them appeared to help, and I haven't had symptoms since. (I also use an Ergodox keyboard, just in case :P )