Great article, and very important things to consider. As a practice, I take my holidays at the end of each year to consider my career, my life, and my worldvie

Great article, and very important things to consider. As a practice, I take my holidays at the end of each year to consider my career, my life, and my worldview. A long holiday is an opportunity to refocus from work to introspection, and allows you to find comfort with your place in the world. The primary things I ask myself near the end of this introspection period are: 1. Is the work that I am doing advancing my personal goals? 2. Is the way I spend my time good for my mental health, my physical health, and my family? 3. Is the work that I do aligned with my ethical worldview? 4. Am I being renumerated appropriately aligned to the value that I am bringing? 5. Am I still learning something each day? 6. Are my family happy with the outcome of this year and the way I contributed to it through my work and otherwise? If I get a no to any one of these questions, I start looking for a new job. I've moved across country and across the world, and I've been at companies for a long time and a short time throughout my career (that's nearing 20 years at this point). I've switched industries and areas of technical focus many times, and I've even switched entire career paths by simply asking myself these questions after a relatively short period of introspection. I encourage everyone to consider the ethics of their work, but also to consider regularly whether or not your work is advancing your goals, making you happy, making you healthy, and supporting your family in the way they need to be happy and healthy. Ethics is a core part of this. If you are doing work you don't agree with for purposes you would not agree with, it can be traumatic to your own psyche and deeply affect both your health and happiness, including how you treat other people and especially those closest to you. Take some time, the holidays are coming.