[synu]

For me it's not that I don't feel lucky or enjoy my job in a general sense I guess. I just don't want to do the same thing over and over again my whole life. I started programming on a Commodore at like 6 or 7 years old and have basically never stopped now that I'm in my 40s.

[EMM_386]

Same age, same concerns.

I was 8 when I started on a PcJr with BASIC.

I'm now in my 40s writing everything from Angular to C# APIs to database stored procedures.

Honestly, I've had enough and already suffered through one massive burnout that almost cost me my career.

I've been looking at what else I can do ... but I have no idea. And that scares me.

I can't see myself doing this in my 60s! And I'm not really the management type.

[kraquepype]

Same here, my first programming was done on an Aquarius at around 8yo. The keyboard it had was awful, but I got to learn some BASIC. IT has been a huge part of my life since. While thankful for that path and what it has afforded my family, I've found it difficult lately to find meaning in it.

[globular-toast]

Isn't that what hobbies are for? Changing career seems like throwing out the baby with the bathwater.