I started out as a programmer in my early 20s and hated it after a few years.

Then did a whole Masters and switched to UX design.

Spent 10 years and now I hate that too.

Hate working in startups and companies. There’s always a damn boss sitting over your head and saying you aren’t doing enough.

I didn’t think I’d feel so lost career-wise after so many years.

Sometimes I feel like I don’t even enjoy work, like any work. Or maybe I haven’t found what I enjoy yet.

Life has slid from fun and hustle to exhaustion and compromise.

Not looking for solutions here, mainly wanted share this slice of my life. If any of y’all have had similar experiences, I’d love to read.


4 comments

  1. I mean, I know I’m just pitching a solution, which you said you’re not looking for, but… maybe you just hate the places you work and not the work you’re doing.

    I’m a sysadmin and finally found a place that is chill and I actually love what I do again after feeling like I was going to burn out.

  2. I have a group of very successful friends and all of us hate work. But we also know we would become video gaming alcoholics if we didn’t have something to do.

  3. I feel this really deeply right now in my life. I have had three significant and successful careers in my life, but change and life took me on a journey where now I am taking care of a household and I have a smaller role part time. I love the place I work, and I take pride in being able to be the kind of person I wasn’t in my 20’s and much of my 30’s, but I spent so much of my life living for myself and with exciting, creative jobs that I now feel like I don’t have a place of importance. In turn that makes me feel out of place as a person.

  4. Work can definitely be obnoxious dealing with people. Maybe it’s not hate, but bored and annoyed?

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