[Agingcoder]

Try small businesses, large corps which don’t sell IT products, or even universities / government / etc. Avoid startups / competitive places.

You probably want to address your anxiety as well - where it comes from, how it affects you, can you do something about it, if you can’t how you can deal with it, etc

I’m supposed to be a high achiever professionally speaking ( by most metrics I’ve done well enough at least good enough for me), but still have to keep my natural anxiety in check. Surprisingly enough I’ve eventually figured out that when I’m stressed out there’s a reason, and that I can actually find it if I search for it. If I don’t look for it then I just end up completely paralyzed. The solution usually boils down to addressing the thing I’m afraid of.

Changing careers is another option, but there’s no reason why your anxiety won’t come back so I’d work on the anxiety first.

I wish you the best !

[saltcured]

Right now is probably a difficult time for finding many university and government jobs, due to the political turmoil and disruptions to federal funding. It's likely there are some real job postings among all the layoffs and hiring freezes, but it may not be a low stress thing to pursue...

[Agingcoder]

Indeed - I don’t work in the US so hadn’t considered that.