>feel like tech is filled career people, then what it used to be passionate hackers and learners. I think any career is filled with career people now, as we do

>feel like tech is filled career people, then what it used to be passionate hackers and learners. I think any career is filled with career people now, as we don't live in economic systems that allow only the passionate to gravitate towards careers, especially high demand ones like tech. I do think you need some time to regroup though. It might give you some perspective regarding which of the options you presented is most interesting and viable to you.