I went from a technical role to presales/product marketing roles. I could've went into product management but I avoid "pinch point" roles (roles where you have

I went from a technical role to presales/product marketing roles. I could've went into product management but I avoid "pinch point" roles (roles where you have to make multiple stakeholders happy, which means none of them will be.) I make a bit less than the ones who stayed as devs. And yet my life is way easier. Most of my meetings are fun, involve expensed dinners, some light travel to interesting places (but not all the time.) I can work remotely and live wherever I want. My colleagues are not extremely overworked, most are laid back but effective. Tech isn't what I grew up with and never will be again. The magic is gone. Most of the shit I would work on was boring and uninteresting. And frankly, I wasn't a 10x dev. I was never going to be that one who could dictate what I worked on. I wanted to have a life outside of code. It has been one of the best decisions I've made.