I haven't left yet (tried, but it didn't take). But the devs/IT bods I know who have left have gone to do the following/for the following reasons: * Farming *

I haven't left yet (tried, but it didn't take). But the devs/IT bods I know who have left have gone to do the following/for the following reasons: * Farming * Sailing around the world * Musician * Retired abroad * Photographer * Illness And apart from the illness one, I think that change was definitely needed for all, and that, for the most part, they're happier in their new, non-IT, lives. If this was more about reading HN though, I don't think many of these were HN readers.