Yup, all but 2 of our techs are in school or planning on it, most for other medical careers (a few nursing, one for radiology, one for paramedic).I have long felt the same. Realistically, I don't know why anyone would be a tech when you can make $20-30/hr equivalency waiting tables at any decent chain restaurant, especially if you can manage time and demand like a tech can. The only people I know who are techs, are people who shouldn't be, or people who are in school and using this as a doorway into an organization/to feel out an organization. This is part of why it's so difficult to actually keep a good tech. They graduate and move on, or they flat out are full of fail and finally get fired or leave. The demands of that job are far greater than the pay, in a strictly monetary sense.
One tech not in school is an woman in her late 50's that retired from EMS a few years ago and enjoys the medical field and wanted to do something since she is still young enough to do it. The other is a guy that just really enjoys being an ER tech. His wife has a good job and makes the money, so he does not do it for money, he actually enjoys it, and is a really good tech.
These 2 are also the only 2 that are still around from when I was a tech back in 2012-2013. All the rest quit (most to go work EMS full time), got fired, are currently nurses or other medical positions.