Agreed!
Been on a one-man team for many years, and have felt exactly the same.
As others stated you are definitely not a loser. I know it because I'm not. :P
- Almost every one of us is working on boring CRUD web apps, and that's fine
- Work is not the only part of life that is supposed to make you happy (on the contrary)
- Try to spend all of your free time off screen. Exercise, meditate, read some books (not coding ones ..)
- XP >> LeetCode. A college graduate will definitely beat me at LeetCode, but I have been integrating online payment/banking systems in production web apps which have handled millions of $$ payments. Learn to promote those skills when job hunting, and don't worry about DS and Algos so much.
- Almost every one of us is working on boring CRUD web apps, and that's fine
- Work is not the only part of life that is supposed to make you happy (on the contrary)
- Try to spend all of your free time off screen. Exercise, meditate, read some books (not coding ones ..)
- XP >> LeetCode. A college graduate will definitely beat me at LeetCode, but I have been integrating online payment/banking systems in production web apps which have handled millions of $$ payments. Learn to promote those skills when job hunting, and don't worry about DS and Algos so much.
- We all need a bit of luck too : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LopI4YeC4I