Thanks for sharing, I think this is totally relevant.<p>&quot;working 40+ thankless hours per week and spending all your off-time trying to work on building your own company to get out of your own personal hell&quot;<p>This was me circa 2006 to 2013. I now have what many would consider a dream job, and even I myself thought it to be one at first. But the truth is even the job you think you will enjoy the most might not end up that (I still am very grateful to be in my position in spite of current challenges though). The line that separates the super successful from the average person is ridiculously thin (hence all the talk of imposter syndrome, here on HN and elsewhere).<p>I don&#x27;t have any good advice in this respect either, other than you have to find a way to be happy, whatever that entails. A common notion is that you need to get rich to live the life you want, but this is not necessarily true.<p>As for the felony, I suppose it depends what it is (I&#x27;m not asking you to disclose it). Some things might be harder for an employer to swallow than others.  If your felony was hacking into the Pentagon, I&#x27;d put that directly on your resume.