> Is this ‘midlife crisis’ really about your work?
This. I have a friend who kept complaining about his job, but I feel like he actually has a dissatisfaction with another aspect of his life, and just uses his job as a mental scapegoat of what's "wrong" in his life.
Why do you romanticize the more specialist roles, what do you expect from them?
Is this ‘midlife crisis’ really about your work?