[mnk47]

To you anyone reading this who can relate and is happy with their career: what do you do? I don't want to be a magpie developer [0] for the rest of my life. I feel that actual, focused specializations are more valuable now, especially in the ChatGPT era. You have a jack of all trades in your pocket, so why hire me?

I'm like you but a bit worse because I almost never finish projects unless there's money on the line. I'm finding that medications helps a lot with this, but if I take them late I can't sleep (even IR) so I can't rely on them every day (I struggle wih unrelated chronic pain that affects my sleep schedule, along with being a night owl).

I've taken so many career assessments and nearly all of them return fields that are completely unrealistic for me to pursue: game designer, musician, filmmaker, writer, journalist... Might as well tell me to become a youtuber, podcaster or NBA superstar.

[0] - https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-magpie-developer/