I haven't left yet, but like a lot of people in here I've left the "high end" game in favour of something a little cushier. In fact I'm actually back at Uni par

I haven't left yet, but like a lot of people in here I've left the "high end" game in favour of something a little cushier. In fact I'm actually back at Uni part time studying something completely unrelated in the hopes of eventually getting out all together. So basically I left the Service Provider realm, and moved into local government doing predominantly SysAdmin work. It's pretty good, I get paid more than what I should, long contracts, lots of leave and entitlements, and they don't care if I duck down the street for an hour or two here and there to go to lecture or tutorial. I still read HN because there's useful info from time to time, and getting into fights in the comments is always fun and somewhat beneficial to what I'm studying. Reason for the change in my case is I've simply got no interest in technology. The only reason I wound up in IT in the first place was because I got a free TAFE course on it, which lead to a job. Without tooting my horn to much, I'd say I'm pretty good at what I do, but I just don't care at all about it.