90% of the developers I know want to quit and start some sort of restaurant. [0] There is a mythical imagery about working with food, setting your own shop, o

90% of the developers I know want to quit and start some sort of restaurant. [0] There is a mythical imagery about working with food, setting your own shop, owning your hours. Clearly diametrically opposed to the 9-to-5 grid, the open-space and the weekly 1:1s with a manager. Similar to that, there is also a recurrent opposition of urban-life vs. rural-life; painting the countryside as more fulfilling. It appears to me that you're dissatisfied and disillusioned with the grind, (and so am I). But, I honestly don't think that a drastic change of scenery will magically make things better. For me, the eye-opening moment was when I realized its not the "software-development industry" that I have issues with, it was the entire modern capitalistic "grind". I don't have solutions for you, but I think a starting point is to realize that your problems are not individual, but collective and your experience is shared. However, I can suggest reading "The Coming Insurrection" by The Invisible Committee. [0] Biased sample, and maybe slightly exaggerated number.