I'm in Portugal and understand how you feel, as it's basically the same thing here.
I've also got some experience under my belt that proves to me that, if you want to do something meaningful, you have to start it yourself, otherwise there's a strong poossibility that you'll get trapped in one of the "drone" jobs you mentioned.
But you have another option, that's been mentioned here. There's more world outside of the US. You can start applying to great companies doing cool stuff in the EU (Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Paypal, etc) and you can even get a job now that allows you to build the skills you need to work on one of these companies in a year, if you don't have them already.
The only thing that seems to stand in your way, apparently, is your anxiety about an eventual lack of options, which is understandable.
But you do have options. Actually, being "in computers", you have more options than 90% of the workforce, as there's demand for your skills.
So, just trust yourself, give it a (serious) try.
Start working on getting out, or starting something of your own. Otherwise, I agree that you risk wasting a lot of time and emotional health on a dead end job.
I've also got some experience under my belt that proves to me that, if you want to do something meaningful, you have to start it yourself, otherwise there's a strong poossibility that you'll get trapped in one of the "drone" jobs you mentioned.
But you have another option, that's been mentioned here. There's more world outside of the US. You can start applying to great companies doing cool stuff in the EU (Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Paypal, etc) and you can even get a job now that allows you to build the skills you need to work on one of these companies in a year, if you don't have them already.
The only thing that seems to stand in your way, apparently, is your anxiety about an eventual lack of options, which is understandable.
But you do have options. Actually, being "in computers", you have more options than 90% of the workforce, as there's demand for your skills.
So, just trust yourself, give it a (serious) try.
Start working on getting out, or starting something of your own. Otherwise, I agree that you risk wasting a lot of time and emotional health on a dead end job.