Yeah, I heard the "loser" bit. Somewhat comforted by the end of my third year in industry, in that my compensation was 2.5x what new profs was making. The postdocs I looked at included a number for which the salary for 60+ hours of real work/week would have been (well) below the poverty level for my family.

This was a bridge too far, coupled with the 1000+ applicants per position. Made it hard to make a case to continue in that field.