[throwaway6532]

I feel ya man. This is exactly where I'm at. Left one job because the company burnt me out, but I was still a passionate engineer. Eight months in to my current company I feel the flame I once had for engineering is all but extinguished. Starting to interview for a new job now and every option I evaluate I feel like I already know the BS that's waiting for me there and I just don't want to go through it.

I'm trying to construct some sort of framework for myself at the moment, but I don't really know what, if anything, will work.

[DarkCrusader2]

I have been having similar thoughts recently. With just 4 years into my career (working at a FAANG for last 2), I too am looking around for a job. But it all looks the same corporate BS, providing "business value", grinding for promotion, being a small cog in a enormous machine, dealing with middle managers and their egos and endless insecurity, estimations and deadline chasing, I feel so done and tired. Add the bullshit interview process on top of all this and it is enough for me to never want to change jobs again. I feel like I am in hell.

[mouzogu]

same, i'm in a job where i can sort of coast, it's stressful, the people mostly, but the work is easy.

i lost interest in dealing with all the bs and whenever i try to look at the job market i just feel too demoralised to go through all the hoops just to get another job where i will be dealing with the same or new kind of bs.

i feel like this may be my last coding job after 15 years, maybe i can do another 2-3 more.

[throwaway6532]

>i feel like this may be my last coding job after 15 years, maybe i can do another 2-3 more.

This is how I feel after only 7 years, and I need to do another 9 more :(

[cableshaft]

What do you think you might do after coding? Management or a different field entirely? I've considered management but I also don't really want to deal with people bullshit, and I'm having a harder and harder time listening to bullshit business meetings in general, and I imagine there'd be a lot more of those.

[mouzogu]

something different. also maybe get back into academia somehow. i would take a 70% paycut to do some low key work where i don't need to deal with an office, and office politics.

[cableshaft]

Wow. I don't think I could easily afford a 70% paycut. 20% maybe, but 70% is a pretty deep cut. Good on you for being in a situation where that's a viable option!