I've got a lot of spare time on my hands recently, and I want to really woodshed and improve as much as possible. I'm curious what the daily practice routine is like for those of you who put in a lot of hours each day.
Long story short, I don't want to SWE anymore, but all my work experience is in SWE. I think I know the answer to this question, but posing it anyways: does anyone have any experience getting hired in a non-SWE technical role with this kind of history?
TLDR; lowkey giving up on working towards my career since it all feels pointless and I'm so apathetic about it all that I'm just living my life doing hobbies and pretending like it's not a huge problem.
I'm in my 20s, unemployed, former software engineer who hates it and am trying to pivot into cybersecurity/IT instead. I've been passively grinding certs and learning stuff (I don't enjoy it, but it's a goal). Still seems pointless because it really seems like no one will hire me without the experience. People tell me to just "get any software engineering job" but that's no walk in the park either lol. I can't get myself to study for coding interviews because of apathy, and overall I just feel like I can't do anything well enough to get hired over anyone else.
There's life stress too... my neighbor's dog barks all day and night; I'm tired all the time, I can't hear myself think, and I'm miserable living here, but moving out would be crazy while unemployed. I'm honestly so done that I've just been spending as much time as possible out of the house being addicted to progressing on my hobbies and exercising because those are the only things I care about and they get me out of the hellhole I call home. Obviously this is not helpful in the job area and not sustainable, but I guess I'm crashing out by turning a blind eye to the financial situation (it's ok right now since I have savings. But not for forever). I'm totally done and lost and don't want to give up my hobbies atp. What the fuck should I do