I'd echo many of the things that Arjuna stated. I'd also like to offer some additional thoughts... Please believe me when I say that your entire world view/foc

I'd echo many of the things that Arjuna stated. I'd also like to offer some additional thoughts... Please believe me when I say that your entire world view/focus is going to change over night when your child is born. Your ambitions are going to take a back seat to your child's welfare and stability. But, at the same time, your personal happiness is going to be deeply rooted in your child's. Are you no longer finding yourself in a "creative" role and instead find yourself in a "support" one? I know when that happens to me initially I have a short period of time where I feel very accomplished and relaxed (i.e. completed project), but then quickly fall into a kind of depression until the next "creative" thing comes up. Before my daughter was born, this was when I would begin looking at other jobs. It wasn't because my current one was bad, but rather because I wasn't being challenged and my skills applied meaningfully. Something new had the potential for learning, creating, and adventure. Years have taught me that very rarely was the problem my environment; it was me not understanding how to pull myself up and start setting goals and being constructive without someone telling me to. Stop and ask yourself, "if I owned $LARGE_SOFTWARE_CO, and I had a great employee, what would I want him/her to do if they were feeling depressed, unmotivated, and/or bored?" I'd hope your answers would be: Tell me; I want to do all I can to increase their happiness at work. Maybe there's something I can do to help.... And be pro-active; find where we're falling short and solve it! After 10 years with a company I have to believe that you've earned some respect. What could be improved? Don't limit your field of view to your own domain. What steps would you take? Go talk to your superiors, tell them how you feel, and give them suggestions on what you (not they) could be doing that would be beneficial to you and the company. Any good manager would be absolutely ecstatic to get this feedback from a valued employee. Best of luck!