Thanks for taking the time to reply! I feel what you’re saying about it being work and not a hobby. I guess I’m wondering to see a nice equilibrium can be found, but I’m afraid work can’t always be fun.

Could you describe in general terms what problems you commonly encounter? Do you still find it challenging/engaging?

Thanks for taking the time to reply! Do you mean that programming languages as a metric for salary are not accurate? From what angle would you suggest I enter the job-market from? What would you do if you were to start over again?

You’ve just exactly paraphrased my gut feeling about (enterprise) software development. I think you’re spot on with both your definitions of back-end and front-end.

I guess I’ll start widening my search radius to include embedded systems and other fields (I’m getting excited for rust+wasm, but finding a job in that seems very unrealistic). Thanks for your input! Really helps bringing order in my own mind.