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I did not read the full article, but the first advice is what I did, and I don't regret it. I've been working in a public institution's dev department for 3 years, after a dozen working as a contractor for big companies. It pays a fraction of what I could get elsewhere, but I got benefits I value way more than that.
A lot less stress, concrete work on services that have immediate and beneficial impact on people, colleagues that don't consider everyone else is competition, and somewhat flexible hours with generous annual leave.
I am not sure that kind of job is available everywhere, so I got "lucky" I found this, I guess. But it's not like I had to fight for it either. Our team had vacant positions for years because nobody was replying to the job offers. And I just had my contract renewed. I was the only candidate.