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It depends on what you want.

If you're in it for the money, try working less hours as you find a place with better compensation or benefits.

>being on-call almost 24/7, sometimes for straight 7 days for months despite only getting paid on a salary basis on 40 hr work weeks

This is just straight up exploitation, and definitely isn't making the ennui better. It's time get some appreciation for your efforts, from yourself and others! Most people can't say they're full-stack or have your years of experience - remember that as you negotiate.

If this isn't just a job to you, I'd suggest taking some time to go to school. Being immersed in the business side of things for too long makes software development a soulless art, which it has no reason to be. Studying something just to study it can strengthen your appreciation for it, once you remove it from the stress of making it useful.

Either way it seems like you're burnt out, and should try to mitigate any stressors you have.

Hope this helps!



Right! OP is burned out because he is being burned out by some pretty awful and exploitative working conditions. Either he is going to die on the job, either from exhaustion or as the conclusion of a spree-shooting, or he is going to have to find a way to stand up for himself (whether that involves finding a more dignified way to pay the rent by finding a new job, or by saying no either alone or collectively with some like-minded colleagues, who knows).

Edit: grammar




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