I feel like my software career is slowly fading. In my 40s, struggling to keep up. I’m working so many hours just to keep up with what the younger devs seem to get easily. I’m broad, I have too many Jira tasks going at once. I just want to put my head down and get my work done, without being constantly asked.
If I’m honest, under all this I struggle to get out of bed in the morning. I have a technically fun job (at least it would be without all the tech debt and no time to fix it), but it’s in the gambling industry. I don’t feel like my work matters, it’s all very meh. But I need the money to live, so I push past my dissatisfaction because the better jobs don’t pay.
When I get home I have no energy. My home life is suffering and I feel like I’m drowning in my job.
Needing some words of encouragement. What have other people done in my situation?
