Agreed! Been on a one-man team for many years, and have felt exactly the same. As others stated you are definitely not a loser. I know it because I'm not. :P

Agreed! Been on a one-man team for many years, and have felt exactly the same. As others stated you are definitely not a loser. I know it because I'm not. :P - Almost every one of us is working on boring CRUD web apps, and that's fine - Work is not the only part of life that is supposed to make you happy (on the contrary) - Try to spend all of your free time off screen. Exercise, meditate, read some books (not coding ones ..) - XP >> LeetCode. A college graduate will definitely beat me at LeetCode, but I have been integrating online payment/banking systems in production web apps which have handled millions of $$ payments. Learn to promote those skills when job hunting, and don't worry about DS and Algos so much. - We all need a bit of luck too : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LopI4YeC4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LopI4YeC4I