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Not every software job is awful though. There's nothing about software itself that make it have to be awful.

Why not just find a different seat and see if that improves your mood? Not every place is organized the same way, not every codebase is spaghetti.

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Accurate but it can be really tough to find the good places. My experience is that most huge companies are not great. Too much bureaucracy. Startups can be a lot of fun, but the relentless pressure to grow, and grow fast can cause problems. My favorite places have been small, steadily growing companies working on things that are not "winner take all" markets, where you can do things right, move quickly, and know most of the people you work with.

This.

When a job starts to make you feel this way, it's time for a new job.

Go work at a startup if you want to do green field stuff with latest tooling that doesn't suck yet.

When you interview at a place, make sure it doesn't suck like your current place. Interview them.

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