I sympathize with you. I'm in a similar situation. I've been maintaining CRUD PowerBuilder apps for almost a decade now and I can't stand it anymore. (I'm using "CRUD" as both an acronym and a word.) My current job is soul-killing and makes me want to gouge my eyes out. I'd like to stay in programming, but do something cutting-edge--the complete opposite of the unchallenging legacy programming I'm doing now. I'm in a more difficult situation in that I have a family and lots of expenses, and I imagine switching from being a senior legacy programmer to being a junior programmer in something more cutting-edge would involve a decrease in pay.
If you can afford to be unemployed for a year, that's fantastic! Maybe use that time to learn something cool or work on a fun programming project, to rejuvenate your passion for software development.
If you can afford to be unemployed for a year, that's fantastic! Maybe use that time to learn something cool or work on a fun programming project, to rejuvenate your passion for software development.