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What helped me, was moving into a different programming field. I moved from Python/C/C++ to iOS development. Learning the new APIs can give you a big boost in job satisfaction.

> For a bunch of reasons, changing jobs isn't that easy at the moment

There's always a reason to not rock the boat. I prepared plans to start freelancing, and then our daughter was born. Quickly after that, my partner left me. I still struggled on and went freelancing. Now things are fine again, the relationship healed, etc. but you need to make changes, and make them quickly or else you may ruin your career.