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Sorry to hear you are having a hard time. I suggest you find work as a contractor in backend work just to stabilize yourself financially.
Try not to take it too seriously, consult with your doctors on how to manage your pain and depression and any anxiety you may have from backend work.
Once you are stabilized and maybe have moved to a low cost of living area, you can take your time to find a more interesting job :)
Good luck.
Not to derail this thread or to sound like I am criticizing OP, but everyone should take this post as a reminder to look into having a disability insurance policy. Your megacorp may offer a policy, but look into getting your own guaranteed renewable non-cancelable policy, as it provides greater protection. The Bogleheads wiki has a good page describing what is important to obtain in such a policy.
I know of two folks personally, and many more folks second hand, who have battled to get disability insurance they are rightly owed. The insurance agencies will do everything they can to prove you are a fraud, like have private investigators tail you for weeks to collect photos of you doing things that people who are disabled obviously can't do. They'll go to your door to trick you into talking to them, they'll talk to your friends and family and colleagues and clients behind your back. They'll track your car.
Both cases I know personally ended up giving up on collecting insurance due to the full-time nightmare it required. One even moved overseas to get the insurance company off their back years later.
I was in a similar situation, minus the physical disability (I was mentally in a really bad place though). The only advise I have is to not think of any job as below you. I don't know your exact situation or your disabilities, but if you can deliver pizzas to at least keep your head above the water, do that. Having gone through YC you're obviously also a bright and intelligent person, how many different companies hav…
This. I had two tries at starting up last decade, failed. Good for me, I had some back up plans. Beyond all, I realised, a regular salaried job is a privilege. There is nothing wrong in taking up a full time 9-5 job. In my case I had a full time job, before, and just continued it after my venture went under water. For some reason such a job which is something most people aspire for, is considered some sort of a failure in entrepreneur community. You get a salary every month, with annual bonus, and health care plus vacation covered. How is this failure? If anything this is the best thing that can happen to many people on this planet.
I'd advice the OP to consider taking up a full time job. If you have started up and seen any amount of success at all, chances are you will do good at interviews and eventually at your job. Do this for a few years until, fix your health and finances- and then work from there.
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Everybody should read Sarno's book. It's a short read and even if it doesn't help your back pain it will probably alleviate something else. My partner and I both had pain that disappeared from reading Sarno. Back and wrist pain are gone.
This might sound snarky I apologize. How do you know that you pain disappeared from reading a book, when it could have been random coincidence? Or to phrase it the other way: I have had some or the other sort of pain in my life, and these pains did, rather randomly leave. Would I have read a book or done some random ritual at this point in time, I might now misattribute the relief to the random ritual.
Without knowing anything about your disease, I know this is a moonshot, but try the carnivore diet for one month, then progress to the keto diet.
There are COUNTLESS reports online from people with autoimmune diseases and chronic pains from inflammation that all report that just eating eggs and beef basically cured them. I have experienced it on my own body and have seen 6 of my friends transform to vastly healthier selves as well.
I know beef is expensive, but so are your medical bills. If nothing else has worked, this is worth a shot.
I was in your situation. Degenerative Disc Disease in the neck gave me unbelievable headaches every single day for half a year. Without knowing anything about your disease, I know this is a moonshot, but try the carnivore diet for one month, then progress to the keto diet. There are COUNTLESS reports online from people with autoimmune diseases and chronic pains from inflammation that all report that just eating eggs…
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It’s also worth considering whether providing a lower going rate and longer duration of work would be effective. For some projects it may be possible to effectively work half time. I’ve met folks in unusual industries that need ongoing tech work/knowledge but have no desire to have this knowledge and effort in house. Medical device manufacturing was one such field. (work was government compliance, and server patching…
Would you have any suggestions for finding work in fields like this? As a developer (mobile with some web and backend), I would love to have ongoing part-time work to provide enough income and free time to pursue other projects.
I'm not sure what the cause of your chronic pain is, but I would highly recommend reading John Sarno's "The Mindbody Prescription." I've dealt with chronic pain for years and it's the only thing that's had any effect. Please, please , don't write it off until you've read the book. Note that Sarno's work focuses on back pain, but it applies to all types of chronic pain (including migraines, which he discusses in the b…