Having an IT background is helpful almost anywhere, and more valued outside of core IT areas I tested this theory by getting an IT job at a food company. I was

Having an IT background is helpful almost anywhere, and more valued outside of core IT areas I tested this theory by getting an IT job at a food company. I was treated way better as an employee but the tech was too old (almost treated as the factory machinery). It was painful to leave that job but I felt I wouldn't be able to get a job anywhere else, that my skills would stagnate. I guess this constant anxiety is another argument for quitting IT. Maybe working in non-pure IT setting AND being in charge of tech might be the answer. A small consulting company for non-IT companies comes to mind (if clients trust you, new exciting tech wouldn't be so difficult to introduce).