If you can afford to quit your job on a whim and get a new one, you are luckier than about 99.99% of the population. Most people work jobs they dislike because they have to in order to survive.
That’s not exactly true. Many on HN are unemployed or underemployed, even if they are in tech. The industry has a pretty wide range, it’s only the VC capitals that have amazing pay, benefits, etc.. Most programming jobs have average salary and standard crap benefits.