> Specifically, work taking the joy out of a craft I love, interpersonal conflict making work less enjoyable, and the feeling that I will never achieve anything

> Specifically, work taking the joy out of a craft I love, interpersonal conflict making work less enjoyable, and the feeling that I will never achieve anything meaningful. Regarding the interpersonal part, I prefer working with computers than with humans. This leads to the revelation that I should go as low level as possible and stay as far away from business as possible -- business people such as sales manager, marketing VP etc. are the sort that I prefer not to interact with for my whole life -- not because of any emotional bad feeling but just because time is precious so I want to focus on what I love to do. I do understand I cannot completely cut business people from my life but there is a huge middle ground. Not sure if you feel the same. I'm old enough to not blush when admitting the above publicly, but you probably don't feel the same way or don't want to publicly admit if you do. But if you do then please consider going into the deep labyrinth of system programming.