What's been most painful for me is that I was a few months away from a promotion to being a Principal engineer. I didn't feel like it was deserved since I only

What's been most painful for me is that I was a few months away from a promotion to being a Principal engineer. I didn't feel like it was deserved since I only really worked on one (very important, very large, very visible) piece of the product. I was getting to the point of pretty extreme burnout and the last thing I wanted was a promotion! I had thought that a switch to another company to work on new things would "fix" my burnout since it would be such a different problem space. New problems means new learning means more energy! I couldn't have been more wrong. Leaving the comfort of something I knew to jump into the deep end of an entirely new stack just exacerbated the burnout. I've never wanted to change careers more than I have now. So I say to you- take a break! I only had two weeks off between jobs which was just enough to start to feel relaxed. If possible, I'd suggest taking at least a month off.