[fidotron]

One of the massive things which caused a shift was knowing a decent sized group of people that became incredibly financially successful as the result of acquisitions and what this actually did to their personal lives. It really wasn't the all happy fun situation that it is so often portrayed as being.

Then there is the whole have kids<->not have kids axis, and where people fall on that will dramatically influence their priorities with work as well, with the former tending to see it as a way to finance raising their kids and the latter tending to attempt to replace kids with something else in their lives, which can often be work.

[tesdinger]

I just want to spend time on my hobbies. I'm in IT because it is the closest a job can be to my hobbies.

[askafriend]

Can you say more about your first point? I find that really interesting and much often isn't written about those scenarios.