Ask HN: I want to leave tech: what do I do?

>> the public sector offers more relaxed environments and more meaningful problems to work on

The public sector may provide more relaxed environments but it isn't clear that you will work on more meaningful problems.

Public workers are more positively impactful to the operation of society than many engineers working in digital widget factories. Bureaucracy limits potential, for good reason, but doing something is still more than nothing.