I think it depends on what level of devotion is expected from me, under the terms of "work". After spending 20+ years working like a trouper and genuinely enjoy

I think it depends on what level of devotion is expected from me, under the terms of "work". After spending 20+ years working like a trouper and genuinely enjoying the crazy pressure, I quit my job last year and took 6 months to do very little. I'm amazed at how much I've enjoyed not working. I'm about to return to work, but what I've taken away from my break is: 1. I want to work on interesting problems 2. I will not give my life to a company, ever again. In other words, I'm waiting for companies to start offering 30-hour weeks, 4 day weeks, 60 days unpaid time off per year etc. For now, I'm returning to "regular" work. However, whereas in the past I worked through months of stressful bullshit caused by bad management, toxic colleagues and unpaid technical debt, my future willingness to work will be based on job satisfaction. If my job isn't making me happy, I'll try to fix things for a while, but if things don't get better quickly, I'm gone.