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Just turned 35. Suffering very similarly, though minus the savings. I saw a therapist for 2 years which helped a little and got me to the point where I realise
by throwawayben 5y ago
Just turned 35. Suffering very similarly, though minus the savings.
I saw a therapist for 2 years which helped a little and got me to the point where I realised I needed to get out of London, as it felt impossible to build deep relationships.
So I recently moved to a much smaller city and am making new friends and connections here and trying to build these relationships much deeper than I have in the past. I think it's helping but when I'm home, alone, the malaise begins to return.
I've also lost pretty much all my enthusiasm for tech lately, so I've gone down to a 4 day week, though I often feel like I'm "wasting" the extra free day off.
However, one of my new friends here is going through a coding bootcamp and talking with them about tech makes me feel enthusiastic again, so I'm considering how to move to some kind of teaching/tutoring role. I've volunteered as a mentor for bootcamp students, to get a taste, but that's not started yet - I shall see!
- fullstackchris 5y agoI can say from experience that teaching / tutoring is extremely rewarding, even when you do it for free. Harkens back to those days when we were starting out and getting super frustrated. Try and be the teacher you wish you'd had back then and watch the lights go on when they finally grok a concept :)