If you're in tech and surrounded by coworkers who love their tech jobs I wish I had that.

Sure, I'm not suggesting it isn't. But there's a difference with hospitality where you have to be open and have people physically present X number of hours per week or you can't deliver what you're selling.

I have a quality bar I have to keep with what I deliver, but staring at datasets has a point of diminishing returns. At a certain point I have to start making hypothesis and designing tests and that doesn't always look like me typing furiously. And it can happen at 9pm as easily as 11am.

There is fluff in tech, there's fluff in just about any large organization in any large industry. But what the work looks like is probably not perceptible except my peers and boss.

For what it's worth I want to break into hospitality (small occupancy hotels)

I don't totally disagree, but a lot of the "work" in tech is problem solving. It doesn't have a visible achievement meter in a lot of cases until the problem is solved. Experience and intellect can lead to some people solving problems faster, but it doesn't make them worth less than someone who needs to grind it out.

I liken it to a time I had some drywall repaired. It took the guy maybe 20 mins, but it wasn't cheap. It was skilled labor, so I was paying for expertise more than time.

Yeah New York never does that