[MrMon]

The OP is giving me flashbacks. I too was a web guy that ran into the wrath of the head of marketing. They don't take too kindly to being told that what they want won't work and basically sucks. Even if you are right.

Took me awhile to realize I was sick of it as well, but I had a few more years working than you. Finally took a few years off raising the kids, doing real estate, and you can now see my thread on becoming a teacher.

A word about real estate. Unless you know a lot of people and/or are willing to devote a LOT of time to it, especially weekends, don't go there. I've been doing it for 4 years, had three pretty good years, but have seen the market shift drasticly in the last 18 months. There may be some life left in it for a few more years, but the market is rapidly shifting to self-service, much like the travel agent business did. Too many people want too much for their crappy house, want to pay what houses sold for 5 years ago, and basically just waste your time. (My most infamous client saw over 200 houses before she finally made clear the nearly impossible house she wanted. When I found it, twice, she still found a reason to back out, even after writing contracts. I talked to an old time agent who knew of her who said she's been looking for nearly 20 years.) Some people can do really well in real estate, but unless you want to set up as a low/no service listing agent, I'd advise against it right now.

Find your passion, the rest will follow, that's my only advice. There is no such thing as easy money, unless you inherit it.