You might not like this answer, but I was once in the place you are now. The only thing that will change the situation for the better is to invest in yourself a

You might not like this answer, but I was once in the place you are now. The only thing that will change the situation for the better is to invest in yourself and learn new skills. The problem is motivation and time. I know how discouraging it is to come home exhausted from the job you hate, eat a quick dinner, and hit the O'Reilly and Addison-Wesley books to learn that new programming language. But eventually it will pay off.