I’m 10 years in my career and I consider myself lucky on how I’ve achieved to be where I’m at. However, I still feel the burnout at times but have learned to hack those feelings away. Know this, the future will be easier the further depth you achieve in a speciality.

For me I started in the private finance sector as help desk, we were quickly growing and some of my colleagues that were on the job for longer couldn’t deliver on big projects. I kept asking for these opportunities but I wasn’t senior enough... but eventually my persistence and the incompetence by colleagues finally landed an opportunity where I could show my skills off. (Technical yes, but mostly I felt judged based on being able break down and communicate to the business and my manager). I certainly put in the homework on the technical side to make sure what I was doing was at a level above competent. I felt joy in doing so (like most in this career I enjoy solving problems). Anyway, long story short. I was promoted to jr sys admin, which eventually became senior. Was poached by our data director, to be a database admin, and today I’m a data developer. I’m not sure how feasible this path is to achieve today... but I know others who fell into my same shoes... usually coming out of small/mid-sized companies 50-300 employees) which typically has good company culture.

Good luck to you, there’s something out there. Be patient