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Thank you. Your comment (among many here) is incredibly kind and I will take it to heart.

• sillysaurusx 4y ago
  Some of the worst periods in my life were due to jobs that, in hindsight, I just wasn't suited for. I felt like I had to stay at them, because reasons. But the truth was, I probably could've found something else, if I'd decided to look. So just remember -- "deciding to look" is often the hardest step, and the easiest to forget. After all, the default is to just keep working at the same job, and to feel bad about yourself. But that's no way to live life. Seek out happiness, and follow it wherever it leads. I'm rooting for you.
• pdfernhout 4y ago
  Thanks for posting this question. I've been through that sort of thing a few times myself over the past 40+ years of programming in a variety of social contexts. There's a lot of good advice here on a personal level both on dealing with burnout and on learning's stuff. If you want to step back and look at the bigger picture (the forest that the trees may hide), here is a reading list I put together which includes books on the bigger picture: https://github.com/pdfernhout/High-Performance-Organizations-Reading-List https://github.com/pdfernhout/High-Performance-Organizations... "Most of these books, web pages, and videos are about how to design better organizations. Some are about how to be a more effective individual within the organizations we currently have. The items are divided into three broad categories -- Organization and Motivation, Health and Wellness, and Software Development Specific."