> sense of purpose and meaning that you put so much time, blood, sweat and tears But is that what you really feel? It seems like a repackaged cliché. I read y

> sense of purpose and meaning that you put so much time, blood, sweat and tears But is that what you really feel? It seems like a repackaged cliché. I read your text a couple of times, and I still don't understand what makes you feel unmotivated to work on software. The reasons you state seem disconnected from the actual outcome of the whole thing. Perhaps there is a deeper, more stealthy motivation you are actually concealing (maybe even from yourself). Like getting recognition, status or something else? That would explain why you wouldn't engage with it anymore (since the bar for those is significantly higher now that "anyone can do it"). Don't take it the wrong way, it's a genuine question and I'm not implying those are somehow shallower objectives.