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Re:"How's your PhD going?" A study on mental health by Arch-TK on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @06:08PM (#36593153)
I've dealt with extreme boredom and dissatisfaction and changed professions (albeit from software to information security) and after years I am again facing the same issues. I feel like there may be deeper problems here. In retrospect, while a career change hasn't damaged my career prospects, (on the contrary, it seems like I am probably more employable) I certainly don't have as much experience in either field as I would have if I had just stuck to one (although, through diligence, I have kept on top of my software skills, at least in my particular set of niches). As such, I can't necessarily recommend pursuing this type of solution to your particular problem (although medicine definitely seems distinctly different to tech so maybe it WILL solve the problem).

I guess what I'm trying to say is, maybe consider other options such as trying to completely understand the root cause for your dissatisfaction and extreme boredom. Believe me, I know this isn't easy, but at this point I am at a loss for other options and feel like I must figure out exactly what causes me to feel like this in order to avoid having this happen a third time.

Re:"How's your PhD going?" A study on mental health by dfit99 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @12:37AM (#36595559)
Thank you for sharing! It is nice knowing others feel the same, although I hope you can find what you are looking for.

I am curious, what were you two careers?

Re:"How's your PhD going?" A study on mental health by xenonite on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:07AM (#36611936)
Did you try various types of surroundings like management, self-employment etc?