Anecdotal, but I actually work with someone who was in finance making 10x what the average programmer makes who gave it all up in his late 20's to code because

Anecdotal, but I actually work with someone who was in finance making 10x what the average programmer makes who gave it all up in his late 20's to code because he felt at the end of the day he was just ripping people off and morally hated it. Probably not the usual case, though (I'd like to think I'd do the same, but man, that was a lot of money to give up)