It sounds like whatever you've been doing, wherever you've been doing it, has focused on software for itself, and on building so much of the useless and short l

It sounds like whatever you've been doing, wherever you've been doing it, has focused on software for itself, and on building so much of the useless and short lived things that come out of SV and similar places. Software, computer science, can be your ticket into whatever industry you want, whatever interests you, because it all needs software. So think about what's interesting to you in the world. Aircraft? Aerospace? Trains? Medicine? Medical devices? Business? Movie making? Publishing? Oppressive scheduling algorithms managing on call jobs in the legal slavery known as retail? Shipping logistics? Law enforcement? Surveillance? Human rights? Gambling? Man, the world is infinite for all intents and purposes, and you get to participate in any part of it you want. Raise your head up from your tools a bit and look around.