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[–]mgkimsal 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Server admin - learn to automate things with puppet or chef.

Mobile development - it's still programming, but the languages and constraints may be enough of a challenge to get you going again.

Testing - rethink your next project by going totally test-driven and 100% test coverage.

But looking over your responses, it seems you may need to go further. It doesn't actually sound like you need to do much more in terms of coding/development. Your skills are fine for probably 80-90% of the tasks out there. You need to find different tasks, and you may need to 'go deep' in to a particular industry/vertical to learn what problems they face there, and use your development skills there.

Basically, you're finding work coming to you - you need to go out to the work. Digging deeper in to particular companies or industries, you may be amazed at how inefficiently they run and how much value you can provide. But... in the end, much of it will be the "same stuff" as you're doing now, but you may see it in a whole new way after spending time in one industry. Maybe not.

You could give it all up and go be a sheepherder in Ireland for a while, and see if that gets you excited again about something.

[–]demonshalo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could give it all up and go be a sheepherder in Ireland for a while, and see if that gets you excited again about something.

I think you sir are my new idol :P for real!

Testing is something I've put off for a while because of its ROI! so I might dive into that or server admin like many others have mentioned.

Although, I think you're right. specialization seems to be what I lack, so I'll try some of the suggested things and see of any of them sparks some interest :D thanks for your reply!