I wrote about this[0] to some degree the other day because about a year ago I felt like I hit a brick wall when it came to technical skills and life progress.

Sure there's always more technical stuff to learn, but after you've been doing it for so long you hit a point of diminishing returns. It makes way more sense to just put technical research on the back burner and start leveling up skills in other areas of life.

You can end up spending a few weeks or even days learning something else which adds huge returns in your life, and it even comes back to enhance your development career.

For example in your case, what if you continued working as is but then spent 3 weeks approaching 5 girls a day. At some point you'll probably start a relationship, which in turn motivates you so much that it trickles into your work life.

Suddenly you have a new outlook on life, maybe you end up going to more meetups or find places to talk to other developers. Next thing you know, you've quit your job at "decent money" because you met someone willing to give you "great money" to work on a project that aligns perfectly with what you want.

In this example, gaining a bit of communication skills skyrocketed your happiness in life and boosted your career. I'd bet even if you spent the next 10 years locked in a dungeon learning more tech skills instead you would be in way worse shape as a person, both financially and in happiness.

[0]: https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/have-you-hit-the-point-of-dim...