I'm the reverse of everyone here. I actually work in tech and was starting to feel like I don't contribute anything to society other than create dashboards and update reports. That's why I'm on this subreddit; grass is always greener on the other side.

For the record I make 60k a year in a suburban area, although I was a fine arts major at a party school (got shuffled into IT anyway when my managers found out I was good with numbers, I'm an anomaly). The numbers everyone here is coming up with are crazy high though, even IT directors of massive companies aren't making that much.

My life: during the day I just sit at a desk and sip tea while working on some projects. Everything's very low-stake compared to medicine. Absolute worst-case scenario, you screw up a commission report and the sales reps are overpaid/underpaid. There's no high other than an intellectual one for figuring out some difficult code. I enjoy coding though, I actually find it pleasant rather than headache-inducing. And it's a good career path for me because I'm not very social.