I have been thinking along these lines for a long time now. But never had the courage to breakup with my first love - tech. But more & more, i am able to see the pointlessness and the absurdity of professional tech work!
What do we really do ? Make people click ads ? Increase productivity by making people stay connected even after office hours ?
What happened to all the family values and community ? What has happened to trust ? What has happened to the beauty of relationships if you dedicate all your time to "productivity" and learning "new stuff" and office ? Few are lucky to work in a place where personal time is respected (i am lucky in that sense, at least so far) but majority of people (and my own previous experience in tech) clearly shows that there is too much mind share we willingly give away to our work! This isn't healthy.
One can never be fulfilled in this way. I hope the tech world wakes up to the reality of individual aspirations instead of capitalistic greed!
And we should really engage in constructive criticism and conversations around this topic.
