Story time: I knew a guy who was in to network security and was smart and experienced enough that the only employers who could fully take advantage of his talen

Story time: I knew a guy who was in to network security and was smart and experienced enough that the only employers who could fully take advantage of his talents were government departments or banks. He worked in different roles for both for a while, but it ate him up the whole time. The cognitive dissonance became too much, he took some time off and last I heard he was working for a small start-up, probably taking a huge pay cut in the process. I guess the other path is to develop an internal logic that somehow justifies you working for what you despise so that you can get through the day. "I'm surrounded by idiots, sheeple and corporate whores! I'm not one of them! I'm smarter than that!"