(I smell FPGA.)
What is your dream technology???
It is an ARM11. Old, boring. What makes it boring is that the only thing you can do with it is run linux. And linux is boring.
Mount a little corporation and you sell the improvements that you think that may have
There is no money in this sector, unless you get the government issued 'green certificates'. I cannto do that, not a native speaker, not an MBA. The other way is consumer marker, with cut-throat profit, and competing with the chinese.
Don't quit your job till you can make more than 60% of your salary in your new role. Then is the moment to switch. If your current job takes only two hours a day, spent the other six and evenings on your new job.
I dont plan to. There is a good Dilbert comic strip for:
You can try start with trying to make your off time less boring. Side projects are always good ideas, especially if you can gain more than just fun in it.
That is part of the issue. Boreout causes the exact same symptoms as burnout. I have no energy at the end of the day. Sometimes I dont have energy to play computer games, just to sit in front of the TV and binge watch something. Sometimes I binge watch something that I already saw. Imagine your life, but without actually wanting to do stuff.
Many companies will force you to sign exclusive agreement when you sign working contract.
There are 2 consultants* working at the same company. IP should not be an issue. I can politely ask them to change my contract if it wouldn't allow it. This isn't communist china or wild west capitalism. I have a lot of leverage on the company, as it is very hard to find a replacement for me, and legally very hard to fire me. Even if they would fire me, I could live from social security for some 2 years, and I have some so called 'fuck you money'.
*I am actually planning to speak with them, ask them how they run their business., how they started. They are not electronics, but still.