i would like to get a 6- or 12-month follow-up from OP.
i think concern about age is very warranted.
i think you should try to casually talk to your manager(s) about going back/down to a role where you can do more of what you want. give back some salary if you need to.
if that fails, then start looking around.
then raise the issue again with your manager(s) as a more serious issue -- i.e. you really want this.
being burned out is affecting your home life, too, so your wife/kids get to experience your depression.
my new pet cause is a 4-day work week.
don't know if i'll be able to achieve it this time around, but i feel like it would offer some protection against the dread of a boring 'dead-end' job.
one company i just talked to has 'mental health fridays' -- one friday off a month. seemed like some kind of important admission (of guilt) -- or a commentary on the state of work in 2021.
i think concern about age is very warranted.
i think you should try to casually talk to your manager(s) about going back/down to a role where you can do more of what you want. give back some salary if you need to.
if that fails, then start looking around.
then raise the issue again with your manager(s) as a more serious issue -- i.e. you really want this.
being burned out is affecting your home life, too, so your wife/kids get to experience your depression.
my new pet cause is a 4-day work week.
don't know if i'll be able to achieve it this time around, but i feel like it would offer some protection against the dread of a boring 'dead-end' job.
one company i just talked to has 'mental health fridays' -- one friday off a month. seemed like some kind of important admission (of guilt) -- or a commentary on the state of work in 2021.