I can agree/sympathise/empathise with almost every single comment you've made, and I'm also mostly none the wiser on how to overcome it. I'd be quite happy to b!tch about it with you over IM or email tho!
I'm roughly your age, and started programming around 10, doing my first paid work around 18 on a part-time-while-studying basis. I truly miss the days where one person could know a lot about a lot. Nowadays, it's a struggle to either know a reasonable amount (not even a lot) about some niche area, or even just be barely competent in a wider spectrum of things.
Where are you based? I was starting to think the problem might be limited to areas or regions (since almost everyone I know elsewhere seems so content/fulfilled).
I'm roughly your age, and started programming around 10, doing my first paid work around 18 on a part-time-while-studying basis. I truly miss the days where one person could know a lot about a lot. Nowadays, it's a struggle to either know a reasonable amount (not even a lot) about some niche area, or even just be barely competent in a wider spectrum of things.
Where are you based? I was starting to think the problem might be limited to areas or regions (since almost everyone I know elsewhere seems so content/fulfilled).