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Firstly, life is too short. If you hate what you’re doing, definitely find something better to do then quit. Philosophically, if you could do anything what would want you do? What things in your life make you happy to be alive? It isn’t giving up if you’ve found something better to do with your life.

Management is really hard to do well and not for everyone, I realize that much more now than I did as a young person.

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I would love to be able to find something I enjoy. Unfortunately, my time and money are limited. I have a number of things I'm interested in, but there's no way to get a free trial to see if I'd truly enjoy them. It has to be an all in decision, whether that sacrificing time to try to build the skills necessary (which could very likely be in vain as as you can teach yourself skills, but you cannot teach yourself experience, which is weighted much hire than skills in many areas) or something else. It's very rare for me to see a job that makes me thing "oh this looks very cool and is something I'd like to do", and when I do see one, I almost certainly do not have the skills or experience to obtain it. If I were to try to work towards it, I'd probably fail too, as by the time I find myself at a point where I could comfortably apply, the job is gone, and I've wasted time that could have been spent elsewhere. Additionally, despite what many people here seem to think, many careers and companies (even with SW development) still heavily rely on credentialism, where if you don't have any, or the right type of credentials you're out of luck.

What if there isn't anything better?

What if there are hundreds of things that are?

I can't find any

Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that way. If you do, you’re just letting the people who make your life difficult win. Search for something better, make the best of what you’ve got, or forge your own path. The only way to lose is to give up when you didn’t need to.

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