I'm considering leaving the industry because I can't compete with developers who give up so much of their life to build the new online world. Developers are all too often abused for their skills and are generally open to the abuse because they are able to justify the long hours and stress because they are building something which actually really IS cool. Get old enough and you see what has really happened, the jocks at the top have walked away with the money and have more time to lead a healthy balanced life.