About being mad... I personally know people leaving much more paid jobs to become pilots at age +30 (...+35 and even +40!!!). THEY MUST BE MAD! (and I bet many of them are reading here right now)
I'm not saying that I don't like my job, but as said before, flying with the MCP is not fun... you're just in the air pushing buttons!
main reason why I started is because now that I'm 28 this is the easiest way for me to make some decent money... but if you have a 10000euro/month job and you're willing to change your life becoming a "cool professional pilot" (please read "slave of an airline"), please contact me and we'll switch job.
Than with your nice salary I'll buy a small cessna (wich I haven't been flying for almost 6 months due to my pilot job!) and I will really enjoy my passion for flying...
Be smart... don't be mad!