Strangeways, you sound like my long lost twin brother. I hear you buddy. 21 years in IT and burnt out like you would not believe. Being managed by incompetents and being treated like a child - still. IT has been turned upside down since every man and his dog thinks they can develop/test/implement corporate wide applications on their PC using .NET or similar. I would love to slap these cowboys around the head a bit. A lot actually...
I would love to get out but where to? I would love to drive a truck or something like that!