I also was in a bad job that I stayed at for the money, and it's interesting how you can fool yourself about it. My job was incredibly stressful, perhaps litera

I also was in a bad job that I stayed at for the money, and it's interesting how you can fool yourself about it. My job was incredibly stressful, perhaps literally taking years off my life, but I told myself it was "exciting" and "challenging". When circumstances finally intervened and I moved on, I was a wreck because I had forgotten what I had gone into this industry for. It took me a couple of years to rediscover that I really like tech, I like problem solving, I like programming, I just don't like no win situations and unpleasant social dynamics. I had to relearn to see my work as play, but now that I have, everything is much better (except the money).