Periodic reminder:
Are you feeling dispirited by the software industry? Does every job you look at feel like another bullshit way of transferring working-class money into VC pockets?
YOU CAN LEAVE!
It will mean less money, but you can leave.
Whether it's as small a step as a janky university webmaster job, or as large a one as retraining, you can leave. I have been so much happier for leaving.
Always happy to talk through logistics of this with the curious.