I’ve been just as passionate as I’ve ever been. What I think helps is NOT working anywhere where you’re just a fungible cog, such as FAANG. Small companies wher

I’ve been just as passionate as I’ve ever been. What I think helps is NOT working anywhere where you’re just a fungible cog, such as FAANG. Small companies where the founder is hiring you directly to solve a very specific, describable problem. I go to work knowing precisely what my work does for those who use it. And I get feedback from those people and live for the moments of “holy shit that used to take 5 hours to do. Now it’s 15 minutes!” I’m not sure how you can get that loop closure at big well-established companies. I guess the rub there is that not everyone can be so lucky to not have to work at FAANG. But there are more small companies than you’d imagine!