Bro... As someone who felt this and is happier making less... Consider state govt tech roles.

You'll have more relevant experience than your peers, there's no 'cycle' to speak of...

Not even my team, got quoted like 200K on a Drupal upgrade.

I was like "guys I have upgraded about 400 Drupal sites exactly like this it takes 3 hours max."

Hero.

That team keeps asking me questions and my boss is protective of it. "Email him and schedule time, stop wasting my teams time." Essentially letting me fuck off.

Yeah I make less. But I have enough time to literally take on anything. Started self hosting, exercising, building a small business...

Dev industry blows so hard.