I am with your position, the way IT has evolved simply appales me. What was once a creative field is now filled with layers upon layers of needless overcomplex garbage, commercialised beyond recognition and used to enslave the user instead of empower him.

I am just waiting for an opportunity to leave my current position to transfer into an non-tech sector as soon as possible... as for my personal use i have found my haven of sanity in the RiscOS community, there, things seemingly move in a very different direction (thanks to the stubborn brits!).