I wouldn't say that escaping from tech is really difficult or uncommon - it's more realistic to say that tech has a relatively good balance of money earned for

I wouldn't say that escaping from tech is really difficult or uncommon - it's more realistic to say that tech has a relatively good balance of money earned for the time spent working. A lot of other fields have the same or a lot more work for less pay, in addition to externalities (e.g. workplace injuries for jobs with a physical labour component). Personally, I started in tech (infosec), and I currently own a food truck.