Hate the industry but love the craft, is the advice I can give you. Programing is first and foremost a craft which just so happens to employ a lot of people an

Hate the industry but love the craft, is the advice I can give you. Programing is first and foremost a craft which just so happens to employ a lot of people and tends to pay pretty well. There is nothing wrong with keeping programing as a hobby and finding a different career. I personally know a couple of talented programmers that work in other industries. This kind of mentality is way common in some other industries. Woodworking and apparel jump quick to mind. I bet the number of talented woodworkers that don’t have a woodworking career is pretty high. If you don’t want to change careers, then there are some companies that value the craft more then others. In my experience the smaller the startup the more they value the craft (which unfortunately is negatively correlated with pay). Perhaps you can love your job more if you worked at a different company.