Why do I hate my job these days?

Honestly speaking, I used to love my job till a while ago, even though I never had an ambition to become a computer engineer.

-- I loved all the learning during my first 2 years on job.
-- I loved leading a team
-- I loved being the onsite coordinator and dealing with the client and to manage a team back at offshore after coming to US.

The reasons are:
-- Not receiving due recognition for work
-- Fight for leaves
-- Not being in the right project
-- Personal life being impacted sometimes
-- Unplanned work on weekends

In other areas like cinema, sports or politics etc, probably the person would instantly recognized for the success where as in software field, I did not find it instantly. It’s not an overnight process. This could be the main reason why the new dislike for my job.

Moreover, I am in a service-based company all through. If I was a part of a product based company or a direct Client Company, the experience would have been different.

This perception of mine may change if I get a right project. Apart from working in an office, I don’t know anything else for my living. I guess I would be in this field for a while.

Retrieved from my favorite Ram Gopal Varma's blog. Not sure of the source:

“A lion wakes up everyday and starts running after a deer to survive. A deer wakes up everyday and starts running from a lion to survive. So the point is that it does not matter whether you are a lion or a deer. You just have to keep running.”