1. Go back to school and become an engineer, an actual engineer with a license. 2. If you are young and healthy military is still an option. 3. Pick up a trad

1. Go back to school and become an engineer, an actual engineer with a license. 2. If you are young and healthy military is still an option. 3. Pick up a trade where you use your hands, like plumbing or construction. 4. Go back to school and become a lawyer. 5. Go work at a charity, such as a homeless shelter. The first thing is to know what you like and what you would rather do. I was in the same boat as you about 2 years ago. I was a JavaScript developer who loved writing applications in JavaScript. The problem is that almost nobody else in the workforce could write applications in JavaScript, so it was miserable with a bunch of insecure pretenders.