I'm a web developer at 3 canadian national museums (more like webmaster-ish (maintenance and such), but we will be doing more development soon). Nothing too special, but it pays well and it's sometimes fun. Definitely better than working for a web company.
Haha, I feel you. I was an intern in web development last summer and man, that sucked. The company was awful though, so I can't blame the job itself.
I'm still a student in college, but I'm supposed to get my diploma in December this year. I study computer science, and while I don't know exactly what I'd like to do afterwards, I'm 110% certain that I don't wanna manage networks or be the IT (read "do-it-all-person-when-shit-breaks") of any company.
I do know that in programming, I have always preferred projects about making video games over anything else. I kinda like making web sites too, but I suck at designing them. Or at least, I don't really like designs I make myself.