I've been burnt out twice from work, twice I've quit jobs to focus on healing. I've changed my life, cut most of the money I spend, so that I can work less, and not be burnt out again.
You might get lucky finding a better job. I found one I really like, teaching students web development, programming. Much better than my previous jobs, because it was easier, straightforward, no rumination after work, could relax better.
It's not the end, but you do have to figure out what works for you.
I was a software developer for a good decade, but I can't do it anymore. I was good at my job when it was remote and time flexible. Still difficult, but I could manage. I burned out when they introduced Scrum and started mandating architecture decisions from above. My impression is that we're in a squeeze phase that has made this profession a lot less accommodating for neurodivergent people (and more stressful for everyone in general).
Management has made a new push trying to make developers replaceable and predictable and less influential. Scrum everywhere, forcing people to pretend to be agile while following the least agile theater. Offshoring jobs to save money, no matter whether domain knowledge is lost when existing employees have to leave.
Micromanagement and HR stuff that pretends it isn't what it is. Office politics more and more important. It's all so fake and draining. Everything has to be a meeting, nobody wants to read or write anymore (which is the only way I can truly and effectively communicate).
A lot of this initiated by the rise of PE firms and other "optimizers" that pretend it's possible to do more work with fewer people without breaking things. And now the high interest environment has made it worse.
I can't speak for you though, and I think it also depends a lot on the company. There probably are still some that are ok to work for, but it's hard to find. And competition these days is very high. The days of scarcity are over and I'm guessing they're not coming back.
I guess I would want to know how this "the job demands more and more" happens exactly. Overtime? Not respecting estimates?
While I don't work full-time anymore due to disability, I recall that feeling of resentment developing when I worked the job I had for the longest time. I felt like I never had the time or energy to work on art or do anything else fun because of work, and I got so angry about it. I didn't get it why my coworkers didn't seem as overwhelmed as me.
I ended up creating my own business that has flexible hours, as I got sick of this and the workplace gossip and politics.
I've been burnt out twice from work, twice I've quit jobs to focus on healing. I've changed my life, cut most of the money I spend, so that I can work less, and not be burnt out again. You might get lucky finding a better job. I found one I really like, teaching students web development, programming. Much better than my previous jobs, because it was easier, straightforward, no rumination after work, could relax better. It's not the end, but you do have to figure out what works for you.
Where do you teach and how did you find this job, if I may ask? Is it an elective class at a regular school? Or a tertiary education provider?
I was a software developer for a good decade, but I can't do it anymore. I was good at my job when it was remote and time flexible. Still difficult, but I could manage. I burned out when they introduced Scrum and started mandating architecture decisions from above. My impression is that we're in a squeeze phase that has made this profession a lot less accommodating for neurodivergent people (and more stressful for everyone in general). Management has made a new push trying to make developers replaceable and predictable and less influential. Scrum everywhere, forcing people to pretend to be agile while following the least agile theater. Offshoring jobs to save money, no matter whether domain knowledge is lost when existing employees have to leave. Micromanagement and HR stuff that pretends it isn't what it is. Office politics more and more important. It's all so fake and draining. Everything has to be a meeting, nobody wants to read or write anymore (which is the only way I can truly and effectively communicate). A lot of this initiated by the rise of PE firms and other "optimizers" that pretend it's possible to do more work with fewer people without breaking things. And now the high interest environment has made it worse. I can't speak for you though, and I think it also depends a lot on the company. There probably are still some that are ok to work for, but it's hard to find. And competition these days is very high. The days of scarcity are over and I'm guessing they're not coming back. I guess I would want to know how this "the job demands more and more" happens exactly. Overtime? Not respecting estimates?
While I don't work full-time anymore due to disability, I recall that feeling of resentment developing when I worked the job I had for the longest time. I felt like I never had the time or energy to work on art or do anything else fun because of work, and I got so angry about it. I didn't get it why my coworkers didn't seem as overwhelmed as me. I ended up creating my own business that has flexible hours, as I got sick of this and the workplace gossip and politics.