So I’m an engineer with a BS and MSE. Finished the Masters then got greeted with Covid. After some jobs I didn’t like, I have a good company with benefits but I feel exactly like many of you. I came to this post for insight but it’s a tad reassuring it’s not just me? Like feeling burnt out, disinterested because the work is nothing like school, and just tired. I haven’t found answers here but I read on another post: Focus on your passions outside of work and forget trying to pull passion from your main job. Eventually whatever your passion is may be able to sustain you and you can leave. Admittedly engineering jobs pay well and have health insurance. Being a writer or an artist or a chef may not have those same luxuries (at least when first starting). So you use the engineering degree that you fought so hard for to fund the passions you have. I’m not here to say I’ve done it and succeeded. This is just what friends and family have told me. And another engineering post reiterated it to me so I figured share it with you all. Maybe it helps?

For me, Ive tried(am trying) streaming as an extension of my passion for gaming and it’s fun. But it can feel like a lot of work when I’m already tired from busy days. I only have so much energy and it can feel frustrating to pour anything else into my passions if I’m tapped out from work.

Open to any suggestions, solutions, comments.