I've strived to do what I enjoy. When that hasn't worked out, I've done whatever necessary to pay the bills. And, as others have noted, doing shit jobs has kept me looking.

There's been a general pattern. I would get tired of my work, and would put more and more energy into hobbies. At some point, then, I would leverage a hobby into a new career. Usually not exactly what I'd focused on, but something that a friend or mentor pointed me to.

So maybe coding per se isn't the rush it once was. But is there something that you're deeply committed to, where coding could make a huge difference?