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Re:Life is a game, this is your strategy guide (2014) by bruce343434 on Sunday March 05, 2023 @02:36PM (#35033091)
> I just enjoy developing for myself

That seems to be the main issue. I tried sysadmin for a while, it was more varied than a swe role and I enjoyed it more, but after a while it still became "boring" and mentally unbearable. I like writing software for myself however.

I've had this issue since school. And as soon as a subject is done with, and the pressure of "have to" is relieved, I actually start to give a shit about it. By then however, I had already gotten a bad grade on the exam.

I'm probably some kind of neurodivergent. Not sure what exactly is "wrong" with me, although I've had plenty of "professional" help.

Re:Life is a game, this is your strategy guide (2014) by wonderwonder on Sunday March 05, 2023 @02:50PM (#35033235)
Respectfully its going to be like this forever unless you decide to make a major change. This will be your next 60 years. Or it can be different in a few weeks / months.

One idea, may not be your cup of tea though... I don't know your situation as far as family.

Have you considered joining the military? It provides structure, a million different career paths, travel, comradery and physical fitness. Plus a pension if you stay in for 20 years. On top of that there are multiple branches to choose from depending on your wants.

If I had reached burn out in my twenties, I would have joined the military.

Re:Life is a game, this is your strategy guide (2014) by the_only_law on Sunday March 05, 2023 @02:52PM (#35033250)
May not happen depending on what sort of “professional help” they’ve gotten.
Re:Life is a game, this is your strategy guide (2014) by wonderwonder on Sunday March 05, 2023 @03:02PM (#35033377)
A valid point, I did overlook that.
Re:Life is a game, this is your strategy guide (2014) by bruce343434 on Sunday March 05, 2023 @04:52PM (#35034414)
I have considered it, but I'm not giving my life for my country. A country is just an emergent structure. There are others like it.
Re:Life is a game, this is your strategy guide (2014) by wonderwonder on Sunday March 05, 2023 @04:57PM (#35034482)
There's always the airforce :)
Re:Life is a game, this is your strategy guide (2014) by bruce343434 on Sunday March 05, 2023 @05:10PM (#35034621)
Sorry, I don't think I get the joke. For context, I'm european (Netherlands). What other kind of "change" were you alluding to I could make? I'm not sure what it could be. It seems the root of my issue is that _having_ to do something makes me dislike it, to the point where my brain just mentally blocks and says "nope". I realize it's not normal, and it's a more (very) extreme version of procrastination perhaps.
Re:Life is a game, this is your strategy guide (2014) by wonderwonder on Sunday March 05, 2023 @06:04PM (#35035188)
I'm responding to the comment you made about dying for your country. Only pilots / special units fight in the air force, everyone else is support and relatively safe. No joke intended.
Re:Life is a game, this is your strategy guide (2014) by tokinonagare on Sunday March 05, 2023 @07:22PM (#35035874)
> It seems the root of my issue is that _having_ to do something makes me dislike it

I'm like you: I have very hard time working on something someone tell me to do, yet I can spend hours working on my own projects without any issue. Of course this led to pretty big issues like failing my PhD and having to go back in my country. Then I quitted my first real job after 4 months because I was feeling I wasn't pay enough and the conditions weren't to my liking, and finally found a full remote one which pays quite a bit more.

My advice would be to either find a job in which the conditions aren't too bad (4 days weeks, full remote, etc.), or a government worker like position where you can be paid doing jack shit.