问HN：职业倦怠，寻求选择
嗨，HN，
我在这里潜水很久，也偶尔贡献一些内容。最近我在一家“快速增长”的初创公司工作，之前在企业/公司待了很长时间。结果发现这是一个相互的“文化不匹配”问题。我在那里的前两周就感到精疲力竭，因此我请求他们立即终止我的雇佣关系，以便我可以向加利福尼亚州（我的家乡）申请失业救济。目前我在一个非软件/硬件的技术角色中工作，自从研究生毕业以来已经有20年了。我尝试过多次转向“下一个闪亮的目标”（增强现实/虚拟现实/数据科学/机器学习/人工智能），但都没有成功。我甚至试图进入“Leetcode” FAANG的竞争，但最终放弃了。我在思考我的下一个职业选择可能是什么。说实话，我在财务上是安全的，既有储蓄、401K，也有一位在大型科技公司（在每个“办公室”都有产品）工作的配偶。因此，我现在可以选择“退休”，去追求其他事情。但我希望过上有意义的生活，利用我在职时间做一些有价值的事情（我47岁，2月份将满48岁）。我的儿子明年就要上大学了，不会有时间上的压力。他的大学基金也已经准备好了。之前有人提到过80,000小时的建议，还有提到过techjobsforgood（https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40325501）。我的一些核心优势是：我通常是一个很不错的合作伙伴，和同事及外部供应商建立了良好的关系。虽然我不是一个管理人员，但我喜欢和人一起工作。抱歉有些唠叨，但我内心非常挣扎，任何来自HN的集体智慧都能帮助我，不仅是我的职业生涯，还有我的“中年危机”。我发现发帖到HN比“与GPT聊天”更具疗愈效果。感谢你的阅读。
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Hi HN,
Long time lurker and occasional contributor here. I recently moved to a "high-growth" Startup after spending some significant time in enterprise/corporate. It turned out be a mutual "culture mis-fit" issue. I am burnt-out within the first two weeks of being there and I have asked them to terminate my employment immediately so that I can file for unemployment with state of California(my home state). Right now I am in a technical non-software/Hardware role and have been for the last 20 years since graduating from Grad-school. I tried pivoting into the "next shiny object" several times to no-avail(AR/VR/DS/ML/AI). I even tried getting into the whole "Leetcode" FAANG rat race and eventually gave up on that. I am contemplating on what my next potential career move could be. Truth be told, I have the financial security both from my savings, 401Ks and a spouse who is gainfully employed in a tech role at one of the Big-tech companies(that has a product in every "office"). So, I could just "retire" now and pursue other things. But, I want to lead a productive life , doing something meaningful and worthwhile with the time active work time I have on my hands(I am 47 will turn 48 this feb). Son will be off to college next year and won't have any time pressures. His college fund is taken care of. 80,000 hrs was suggested before. And so was techjobsforgood mentioned before (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40325501). A few of my core-strengths - I am generally a good person to be around, have always made good relationships with my peers and external vendors. So though not a people manager person, I like working with people. Sorry for the rant, but I am in huge mental turmoil and any iota of collective wisdom from HN would just save me not just my career but my "mid-life crisis" as well. I find posting this to HN much more therapeutic than to say "Chat with GPT". Thanks for reading.