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I know how you feel.

I've worked at a couple of startups, two groups at Apple, two groups at Google and now at Twitter. I've learned two things chasing a feeling of fulfillment, like you seem to be:

1. You can't expect your job to give you the all of the fulfillment you need.

2. The most fulfilling work is the kind of work that's just challenging enough, but not too challenging--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)



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