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Ask HN: I'm a burned-out developer. Who should I talk to?
I'm burned-out. I talked to a career counselor who didn't know what to say to me, because I told him that I was sick of IT, software development, and anything related to them. He was used to just helping people polish themselves, not to tell them what they should do. He is one of the top two in the area, so I lost some hope there. I'm now thinking of going to a psychiatrist. I've been this way for about ten years. Not sure where to turn. Whether or not I get meds for depression, I am going to need to get a different career. I've asked for help on HN before, but the only advice I got was to lay pipe. Is there a career counselor that specializes in burned out developers that have no other portable skills, no hope, no dreams, and no idea what else to do?