[morgante]

You might want to consider shooting for financial independence (see https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/).

It might be a few years of grinding it out as a developer, but if you focus on it then it could come pretty quickly.

Having a large cushion of savings makes it much easier to find fulfilling work. You can experiment with a startup if you want (and not worry so much about it failing). You can try a lower-pay but high-impact career. You can travel.

I'm nowhere near FI myself, but even the savings I do have made me feel much more free.

Otherwise, look into adjacent careers. Product management, sales engineering, and engineering management are all potential tracks to try.

[scalatohaskell]

Thanks. I'm actually buying a flat now, where all my savings go into. I plan to rent it up if I dont end up living there (moving for job etc.), since flat prices are going up and up drastically.