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Today I was fired from a software company.. for the 3rd time in 1.5 years. Needless to say I feel like I reached bottom and it's impossible to get out without changing career. Should I change a career? Is it even possible to find a job now?

Case 1: Fired from a fintech company on the 2nd month for not performing. This was correct since I had a lack of motivation.

Case 2: Fired from a web platform company for not performing. I was placed to work with a technology unrelated to what I signed for, so this seems like poor management from my side.

Case 3: Fired on 6th month for poor performance. During probation I received positive feedback. After that I changed project and I spent a lot of time refactoring and trying to remove technical debt. I received a verbal warning for under-performing before going on holidays. In the 4 days I had I tried to fix that by staying overtime and finishing all due work. However when I came back from holidays I received a termination letter.

Except case 1, I think the other cases was due to poor management and probably a bit poor communication from my part. However is there even a chance that I can sell that? Generally the issue as I see it, is that I have a tendency to cleanup messy code, refactor and ensure things are well tested - something that can be seen by many as slow performing.

I'm pretty lost at this point. I'm in my 30s without a fallback place, no family around and not many friends. Luckily I have a few savings for keeping me going for 6 months but I'll need to make the right choices.

Today I was fired from a software company.. for the 3rd time in 1.5
years. Needless to say I feel like I reached bottom and it's
impossible to get out without changing career. Should I change a
career? Is it even possible to find a job now?

Yup, that's pretty bad. But remember that you weren't sure anyone would hire you after being fired before - yet you ended up with this third job.

I think you need to look inward and determine for yourself why this is happening.

Don't blame "poor management" here. Something is going on in each case that results in poor performance on your part. In other questions you mentioned that you were fired for not asking enough questions and for not performing senior-level work. Hopefully there are things you can learn from all that.

It might be that you are choosing jobs and/or managers poorly. It might be that you haven't learned how to work hard, focus on what is important, and perform well in spite of issues at work. It might be that you are shooting for too senior-level of a position and are more suited to junior-level work. Or it might simply be that you are not well suited for this sort of job at all.

Spend some time on introspection. Try to come to a conclusion before acting. You likely can't afford to make the same mistake again.

You might consider taking a stab at temp work. Those might be easier jobs to get in your situation. Maybe you can motivate yourself to perform well when the projects are small and time-limited.

I'm in my 30s without a fallback place, no family around and not many
friends.

That's something you'll want to work on independently from your work issues. We all need friends. And a good support group would help when you have work issues.

Try to be friendly and make some friends. Join a club. Socialize with folks from work. At least try.

I spent a lot of time refactoring and trying to remove technical debt. I received a verbal warning for under-performing before going on holidays.

It seems here you were working on something that wasn't asked for. This is generally very bad, and can lead to termination. If you think the project needs refactoring, and I trust you that it did, you must sell it to the management before you can do it. If you had done that, I suppose the management would have acted differently.

You may have told yourself you can't complete your task without the code to be clean. Truth is, most companies' code aren't. They work with legacy, they try to move on with what they have...

I was placed to work with a technology unrelated to what I signed for

...and almost all of them will hide the legacy behind more appealing new technologies when interviewing.

I don't think this is in itself a signal you should change career. I would think you have no aversion to software engineering when it's done right. But engineering in a company is always a matter of dealing with software done wrong, with management pushing forward. If you want to last in a company, you must be ready to accept this.

This is a broad answer with many suggestions:

1. Try to lower your expectations, there must be a job position right
   for you in IT.


2. Maybe you should question your agreement on responsibilities at
   first time.


3. Communicate whenever there are blocking issues. Speak out your mind while staying professional.


4. 
   

   When not enough motivated, this is generally your problem, so try
   requesting short vacancies breaks dispersed along the year, rather
   than taking few long vacancies (this may help, or may not).

   
   
   

   Personally this helps keeping myself focus, energetic and motivated knowing that I don't always like my tasks and I am in IT.

   
   



5. You can try part time jobs knowing that you have savings for up to 6 months, then it could be extended to more ! while keeping competitive spirit, and an updated resume.




6. Changing roles, in big companies is sometimes easier, if it would be a possible case for you, this could be very motivating.




7. I don't know your background and profile, but there are missions in IT enveloping less technique like promoting IT products, organizing awareness sessions on new technologies for other colleges, writing documentation, cleaning old code (for developers), establishing new proof of concepts, project ideas, participating in challenges and trying to be on top for the name of your group ... etc etc, see there are many things a developer for example can do in IT.

This is a list of more freedom option I can imagine for now.

You could always teach computing in high school if you think your industry career path is limited. There are other things you can do like project management too.

But when you do apply for another position, don't explain your firings as management problems. Even if the manager was completely responsible for what happened, you will give the impression that you aren't capable of assessing your own mistakes and weaknesses.

Write a short cover letter with your new applications and explain what happened. Take responsibility for it regardless of the reasons. Explain why things will be different.

You might have to take contracts for a while. Trust me, I've seen contractors come and go a lot.

Once you've re-established yourself, you can start building your career as a successful employee.

NEVER think your options are limited because this will only limit your options. Its cliched but you have to keep a positive attitude.