I'm gonna re-orient my job search. Instead of forcing myself to learn web development to make myself more marketable, I'm going to keep applying to the regular-old software engineering jobs I'm qualified for and spend my free time on game development. I like making games. I have no website ideas. I have mountains of game ideas and decent knowledge of Unity. I'm gonna do something radical and try to make a career in something I love.

(I may also try some MOOCs on compilers.)

@dronegoddess i'm really scared i'll end up in web dev. although backend is pretty alright, it's not a very interesting field to me. the idea of working with something that doesn't interest me much is something i dread, and only reminds me of last time that happened; ended up w/ severe depression for years