It sounds like you've discovered what you
aren't aligned with, but you don't yet know what you
do think is interesting or valuable. The first step is answering this question for yourself. What do you care about?
Science perhaps? Pick a field and you can probably find a lab or project in need of research software engineers.
Healthcare? Plenty of work in digital health records, computational drug discovery, or so I've heard.
There is a world of mundane but important work humming along below the turbulence, but it doesn't have the hype or marketing bullshit and isn't as visible. Somebody is writing software to transfer your driver's license when you move to a different state. Someone programs microwaves, somebody else rail scheduling systems, someone else water treatment plants.
If you know what you care about, look for jobs involving it, and pay no mind to web3, fintech, adtech or whatever.
Science perhaps? Pick a field and you can probably find a lab or project in need of research software engineers.
Healthcare? Plenty of work in digital health records, computational drug discovery, or so I've heard.
There is a world of mundane but important work humming along below the turbulence, but it doesn't have the hype or marketing bullshit and isn't as visible. Somebody is writing software to transfer your driver's license when you move to a different state. Someone programs microwaves, somebody else rail scheduling systems, someone else water treatment plants.
If you know what you care about, look for jobs involving it, and pay no mind to web3, fintech, adtech or whatever.