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No. I would be happy and awesome at doing pretty much any ground level technical work but thanks to corporate greed and inflation I can't afford to live on what I'd make doing any of those. So I had to take promotions to roles that are more about communicating with a bunch of different people to have them do stuff while fielding questions from leadership about why shit wasn't done on time. This stresses me the fuck out and leaves me too mentally drained at the end of the day to do any personal projects and I'm still can't even afford to actually own a home.
More-or-less my wife's situation. I feel for her and try my best to support her, but she's miserable every working day for the same reasons as you. Maybe it's time to grab a new job as an experienced tech or even a consultant?
I've looked but haven't found anything that pays enough. Which in itself is a pain in the ass because no one just says what a position is paying until you go through an application and interview.