My formative years were wrought with financial difficulties. Listening to my parents issues over debt caused me to dismiss track-n-field scholarships because of the added debt they would have generated. So shortly after graduation I joined the Army. Soon I was told I had aced the Army entrance exam. I was free to…

As someone else stated: leave. Now. You're young, you CAN change careers now, and now is the absolutely best time you're ever going to have to do so, before you have a house, before you have a family, before you have obligations. If you think it's tough and scary now, just imagine what it'll be like in 20 years…

I'm hoping you don't take offence from this, but your post reads that you're lacking confidence. Perhaps that's more just lacking a direction, rather than confidence though.

Leave.

Here's a good one; For the love of mike, stop comparing your life to other people! Julie just bought her second house with a dock for her boat. Matt's a congressman. And you're still living in a studio apartment.

That's nice advice, I like it. I think Leo's advice is also worth more than just "skimming"—even if it really just boils down to embrace uncertainty, work hard, be kind, and the future will follow.

I skimmed over your article, but I'm not exactly sure what your advice is. I will however share my personal experience for any of your readers who may be interested.

Hating your job is the worst sort of misery. Surely there is some aspect of IT that could tie in to what you find interesting. IT can have various flavors. I have a friend who does IT that's all finance, and another who does IT that's all video games, and so on. IT for the humanities? Why not?

Interesting. I'm approaching retirement and I'm in a similar predicament - trying to find that next great thing I'm passionate about. You want to have something in retirement that is meaningful, otherwise why retire?

I don't think that's a one time question to decide - you may think you have it answered and maybe…