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Great question! I'm in the same boat, want to leave the tech sector entirety, after 25+ years of software development. I'm not happy about the direction tech is going for a while now. All the enshittification and forced AI bullshit makes me want to leave.
However as I defined myself as a tech enthusiast all my life I find it hard to reinvent myself. What other skills do I have? I can make some really good coffee. But apart from that? Idk
I'm 100% with you. Beyond making coffee and integrating systems I don't have much else (family aside). Sure, I can throw up databases and virtual servers for days, reroute packets and secure connections like its second nature (been doing it for decades), but I feel kind of done with it.
Maybe one day I can sell my house and open a feed store or lawn mower repair shop in the middle of nowhere, but I don't see a career change that doesn't involve a complete reset.