[latch]

I work in the same industry as you and feel much like you do. However, there's no yelling, management isn't unreasonable, and while hours are long, midnight never, ever happens.

I joined the industry less than a year ago, and I'm not sure how long I'm going to stay. Honestly, it's the intellectual boredom which is killing me. Working in finance is like time traveling back to 2001. It's insanely brutal, and people don't realize how bad it is.

I've worked very hard on my own time on my own projects (mogade.com, mongly.com, algorithms.openmymind.net, iheartyou.net and various oss things) to make sure that this year isn't a huge step backwards for me professionally.

My point? I'm after a challenge...something that stimulates me, and something that I can be passionate about and direct my energies towards. I don't want less pressure or demand, I just want pressure or demand that flows with my own desires and goals.

You really need to find out for yourself if you want a 9-5 low stress job (government, other large enterprises)...or if, what you really want, isn't just something that you are passionate about.