You say you're a react developer, but also have a CS degree. Do you think you'd be more passionate doing work that isn't front-end? Front-enders are valuable,

You say you're a react developer, but also have a CS degree. Do you think you'd be more passionate doing work that isn't front-end? Front-enders are valuable, but the best are people with a passion for design and that pixel perfect attention to detail. As design is constantly evolving, this also somewhat leads to constantly needing to learn new things. For the past few years we've been working in hardware, and in the health market. It's C++, we've built some tools in rust, but it's definitely not constant learning of languages, it's constantly learning new algorithms, and finding the best way to get around the challenges to serve our users. Perhaps medtech isn't your thing, what about energy and environment? These guys need robust control systems, which again, aren't front-end. Is robotics your thing? Maybe you're right that you're just not into coding anymore, and that it's time to try a different field. If you're capable of not just jumping into a new job right away, are there some local projects that you can try to contribute to and help out with? You may find that you get really into a project, and maybe it's as an SE, or maybe you'll find that adjacent role that you just slot into. I was an SE for about a decade. I enjoyed it and worked with some amazing coders. I still do, but I wasn't up to their abilities. My boss recognized this and they pulled me off code, but had me take over a product management role, and now I'm running my own 2nd start-up.