Ever since I’ve started looking for a new role at the beginning of 2021, I feel like I’ve been stuck in a rut of not knowing what I want to do and pretty much not being happy with anything in my professional life. I left a long term employer last Fall, started working somewhere new, and even still I can’t seem to get bought into the new gig, or at least the work it entails. I continue finding myself looking at and applying to other jobs in hopes of finding “the one” but, in all actuality, I don’t even know what that looks like. I know what I am passionate about, which is product, agile, analytics, and people leadership, but I can’t seem to land that perfect gig. In my new role, I constantly find myself trying to make the role what I think it should be, presenting alternatives, introducing new ways of working, but I feel like they always get shot down. It’s an uphill battle, and from what I hear that’s just how Oracle is. It’s hard to find motivation for much of anything, whether it be work, building a business, or even learning anything new. Is anyone else stuck in a similar rut, or have you been? What worked for you? TC 210k YOE 8 #tech #burnout? #career
In the same boat as you. I genuinely don’t think the grass is greener, but it’s worth a shot. Ideally I’d take extended time off but with the current state of the economy, it may be a risky move. Plus covid has gotten in the way of most travel plans.
Yeah. It seems like once you find a comfortable place these days, you’re best riding it out and embracing the suck. I’ve thought about a sabbatical but, don’t know if I’d feel comfortable with that these days.
Feeling the exact same way. Keep trying to make the best out of my current job by saying “well it could be worst” lol. I’ve started therapy and try to mediate on a daily basis.
I find myself and many friends / colleagues who left for new jobs in 2021 feel the same. Lots of press about the “great resignation” and COVID “helping people re-evaluate their lives”, I think, led to a historic grass-is-greener mentality. I believe happiness = actual - expectations, and a lot of people expected new jobs to be the solution to their general malaise, but putting too much weight on that expectation backfired. We often look to the future as if there are magical milestones that will solve how we feel in the present, and they just never materialize. I think if anything COVID has shown that jobs are jobs, and they will always have a component of suck. Find one that at minimum you do not dread waking up to every morning, and spend your energy elsewhere. Alternatively, find an intense job that you can tolerate if it pays enough. But speaking personally, many people I know who switched jobs did so to a “cushier” gig, and now feel unmotivated, unchallenged. I think being challenged is one of the most important aspects of consistent happiness. So either find a job that challenges you, or a chill job and challenge yourself elsewhere. What helped me was doing a pretty aggressive “reboot”. I lost 10lbs, started working out every day no matter what, not letting myself shower in the morning until I meditated, etc. I was bored in my job and this was my challenge. A lot of the general bleh vibe I think is also still just due to COVID. Everyone’s anxious. It will get better. Best of luck!
Same here. I know it shows that I work at defense but I worked at other companies prior and it's all same shit, literally. I feel like there's no such thing as the one in any industry (yes, I worked in other industries). Life is depressing lately. Not sure if it's the post-pandemic effect. Anyone else feeling same?
Yeah I hear ya. I was in other industries too. I don’t know if it’s post- or current-pandemic effect or not either. I do a good deal of non-profit work, which I love, it just doesn’t pay the bills and also poses another distraction. Maybe I just have too much going on. 🤷♂️
That could be part of it. Also, I was a manager, and switched back to an IC role, so that could be something I’m missing, beyond some of the stimulation. I think the other thing is just a general lack of interest in the stuff I’m doing. Engaging or not.
True story. That’s what makes it hard haha
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OMG same. Going through ditto same. Lmk if you find something that works for you 😅
Ha well at least I know I’m not alone. DM me and we can commiserate together 😂