Has anyone considered exiting to tech positions instead of buy-side?

Instead of getting to the buyside (i.e. PE  / HF) why not do IB -> tech ? 

It seems like the best of all worlds (high pay, good WLB, smart colleagues, growing industry)

What am I missing?

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