问HN：在科技行业工作了十年后，如何找到有意义的工作？
我在科技行业工作了超过12年。去年，我战胜了癌症——这段经历彻底改变了我对时间和意义的看法。
生活太短暂，不能花时间去追逐那些无关紧要的东西。
我目前的公司状况不佳，因此我开始寻找其他工作。这是我习惯的做法——追求更高的薪水或更“稳定”的品牌（前者比后者更重要），即使这会牺牲我的健康、家庭时间、兴趣，或者说生活的其他方面。我不知道还有什么其他选择。
但我越深入面试，越觉得这一切毫无意义。这一切开始看起来像是一场无尽的老鼠赛跑。
为什么我觉得换公司和追求更高薪水是徒劳的？因为大多数工作——即使是在顶尖公司——也不过是基础或最多稍微有挑战性。我可能会被高薪聘用来做一些非常简单的任务，同时逐渐变得“太贵”而无法继续留用或再次聘用。
我可以接受一个薪水更高的职位，完成任务，继续在跑步机上奔跑。但这感觉像是在追求一些虚幻的东西——一个我不再相信的构造。让我感到恐惧的是，三到四年后再次醒来，依然迷失，甚至更糟，健康再度受损。
我想解决一些困难的问题。或者，也许开始自己的事业，或者在一个编译器优化公司工作，或者干脆放弃一切，过上隐士的生活。我不知道。或者我可以接受这种生活，忍耐下去，继续做我一直在做的事情。
还有其他人经历过这种情况吗？
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I’ve been in tech for over 12 years. Last year, I survived cancer — and that experience completely shifted my perspective on time and meaning.<p>Life is too short to spend it chasing things that don’t matter.<p>My current company isn’t doing well, and so I started looking at other jobs. It’s what I’ve been conditioned to do — optimize for a higher salary or a more “stable” brand name(The former more than the latter), even at the cost of my health or family time or interests or just in general life. I don't know anything else.<p>But the deeper I get into interviews, the more pointless it feels. It’s all starting to look like a never-ending rat race.<p>Why do I feel that switching companies and chasing higher pay is futile?
Because most of the work — even at top-tier companies — is basic or mildly challenging at best. I’d likely be overpaid to do very simple tasks, while moving towards becoming “too expensive” to retain or hire again.<p>I could just accept a better-paying role, check the boxes, and keep the treadmill running. But that feels like optimizing for something artificial — a construct I no longer believe in. What scares me is waking up again in 3–4 years, just as lost or worse ruining my health again.<p>I want to work on hard problems. Or maybe start something of my own Or work in a compiler optimization shop Or maybe just give up everything and become a hermit. IDK. Or I could call this life, suck it up and do what I've been doing.<p>Did anyone else also go through this?