I just left. I was an iOS dev for years, and ran my own (failed) startup before that, but now I work in politics. My friend ran for parliament, I was his campaign manager. He won a seat in the election, and he asked me to leave my job to come and work as his parliamentary assistant, and I said yes. Politics and software aren’t so different - they’re certainly both messy behind the scenes. I miss cranking out code and being in the zone, but like others I don’t miss the Taylorisation and faddishness of the sector. I took a big pay cut with my new job, but I don’t regret it. I’m still on HN because after a day of reading about politics and policy it’s nice to read people arguing about different things!