Extremely burnt out at 25. Considering quitting job and taking an extended break
By all reasonable metrics my life is absolutely fantastic. I'm a dev (which I love, or, well, loved), have worked at a FAANG company, and another at the FAANG level, and now work at essentially my dream job at a growing and successful startup. I'm married and have a large amount of savings. I'm only 3 years out of college, but I have ~10 years of actual dev experience, and supposedly am one of the best performers in the places I've worked. I absolutely detest my life and find no joy in anything. Video games that would be enjoyable now are just the easiest way to distract myself from feeling terrible, but I don't actually _enjoy_ the time spent. For the most part, I don't do anything outside of work; I largely just sit around. I would occasionally go on bike rides or walks, but I've never been a very outdoorsy person. Life became a very dull cycle of wak
Why it failed
By all reasonable metrics my life is absolutely fantastic. I'm a dev (which I love, or, well, loved), have worked at a FAANG company, and another at the FAANG level, and now work at essentially my dream job at a growing and successful startup. I'm married and have a lar
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- adepressedthrow
- Ended
- 2021
- Source
- hackernews