While I sympathize this is still a lot better than working your life away for some random no-name company and get paid peanuts and not even have the option to move out of that.

I'm mostly talking EU here because making peanuts barely applies for any US job but in the end I'm a Sr Dev and still barely have time to have friends/spouse while struggling to have any savings and living in HCOL.

I'd say count your blessings, it can always be worse.