I&#x27;ve been working as a web designer&#x2F;developer for about 10 years. I have always loved my work with it&#x27;s immediacy and it&#x27;s accessible combination of design, usability and problem-solving. My workflow has  evolved and become more automated through the years to keep pace with what has come to be known as Front End Development among other titles.<p>Lately I have found myself utterly burnt out, frustrated and demotivated. I hate my work.<p>The constant issues, seemingly endless, complaints that something or other does not work on some flavour of browser X on device Y.  I often feel a suffocating paralysis and loss of energy or will. I work on two teams as the sole front end developer,  Neither of these teams has any consistency in their workflows and neither use any kind of repository.<p>Things are constantly regressing and breaking and as the first sign of any issue is often cosmetic I am the one who looks bad. It&#x27;s impossible for me to articulate my frustration in any way that does not make me look petty or as if I am shirking my responsibility.<p>I have constantly asked for a more stable environment but my attentions are already thinly spread across a range of issues. Sometimes I just sit and stare at my screen for 10 minutes unsure of what to do - which fire is burning hottest.<p>My focus is too fragmented. I am the single point of failure in so many different streams. I feel like I am spinning 100 plates when all I want is a couple of things that I can master and take pride and responsibility for.<p>I feel the demands on me have gradually become unreasonable over the years. I&#x27;m unsure if giving up on 10 years experience and moving into a new field as a junior is wise. I&#x27;m an engineer at heart and I&#x27;m grateful for the years of rewarding pleasure my work has given me but I can&#x27;t do it anymore.<p>My sense of perspective is making it difficult for me to think clearly or to trust my own judgement so any advice is greatly appreciated.
Ask HN: Front End Developer Burnout