Title: this is a pretty dark post but I&#x27;m pretty much burnt out. Not one of those &#x27;take a break&#x27; and come back but I just don&#x27;t think I can deal with working in tech anymore. I started out as a software dev for a couple of years, moved on to selling my own software and just too tired to go on. Like I don&#x27;t think I can compete or have the willpower.<p>I tried to think of new software ideas to work on but I really can&#x27;t muster any energy to do it. I know there&#x27;s ton of exciting new tech stuff going on but after 16 years I think I&#x27;ve had enough.<p>It&#x27;s been a really interesting 6 years working on my own thing. But it was far too isolating. Too much mental health issue causing. And it&#x27;s a zero sum game I&#x27;m realizing, one that is won by whoever can raise the most amount of money in the shortest time period.<p>I don&#x27;t know maybe my head was too high in the clouds. But I&#x27;m turning 30, and I think it&#x27;s time I quit and look for other things. I don&#x27;t know anything else besides making software, and I feel so old to be trying something completely new. If I keep going I think it&#x27;s going to drive me nuts. Even reading HN and Techcrunch these days I&#x27;m not even feeling excited or let alone interested.<p>I haven&#x27;t had any success and all I&#x27;ve done was get taken advantaged of by crappy customers, worked for free for years, and yeah.<p>I know I&#x27;m not owed or entitled to anything. It was my decision after all to work on something alone for such a long time. And it was all for shit.<p>I even got a hold of investors but I just think it&#x27;s too late. I should&#x27;ve taken money 6 years earlier, not now. I&#x27;m burnt out and can&#x27;t do anything in front of the computer anymore. Like I just want to get away from computers permanently almost. I try to imagine what life was like before internet and computers and I don&#x27;t fucking know and it scares me.<p>tl;dr: want to quit making software &amp; tech but don&#x27;t know where to turn.
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