Tech Jobs - Anyone else sick of this s@#T?
I have, by all accounts, a dream job - I work in 'tech' - and have very little accountability and responsibility. My management seems relatively clueless about what I do, and does not really give me any major responsibilities. I also get paid very well and work 100% remote....but.....
Does anyone else find these jobs absolutely soul crushing? Sure, I know other people think this way... but Jesus Christ! All of the bullshit corpo lingo, tech speak, gantt charts, KPI's and OKR's, 'company visions', I could go on and on. You know exactly what I am talking about...
I can't imagine someone waking up and thinking 'yeah, this is the fulfilling life!'. It is just mindless bullshit that means nothing at the end of the day. It is a pay cheque. I have a really hard time finding any satisfaction in what I do. The scary part is, my entire life is built up around having this job (or one like it) - stuck in the modern trap of rent/cars/kids/bills/etc. I am near a breaking point where the pressure (admittedly, self inflicted) is getting so heavy-I don't know if I can take it anymore. I would love to change my life trajectory ENTIRELY, but unfortunately, I have no idea what I could ever do at my age.
Then you have young girls on OnlyFans making thousands and thousands each month, or kids streaming Fortnite making bank from Twitch/YouTube....it all just seems so unfair. No doubt I am feeling sorry for myself and being grumpy. It's just a hard pill to swallow. How did I get here?
I don't know what to do.