There's a selection effect that means that the best job for you might not be the best job among people who have that job. Software development is notoriously full of people who are really <i>really</i> into programming. If you're not that kind of person, getting into programming isn't very actionable advice.<p>Like, professional programmers as a class are winners of a fairly strict meritocratic tournament - either you can code to an acceptable standard, or you can't. Of course it's good to be employed in a manner that's after winning a difficult competition. Like, there's a difference between how good it is to be an NBA player and how good of a decision it is to try to become an NBA player.
<i>“Unlike some other jobs that do pretty well on the list, which are very demanding, software developer tends not to be a really stressful profession," Koenig said.</i><p>Money for nothing and the clicks for free...
“Unlike some other jobs that do pretty well on the list, which are very demanding, software developer tends not to be a really stressful profession," Koenig said.<p>This sounds like more propaganda from the tech industry to saturate the workforce with more hopefuls to drive up the talent pool and drive down employee costs. Don’t get me wrong there are some slacker software jobs out there, but if you want “software money” then in my experience it’s usually not a cake walk. We’re talking putting in many extra hours, way too many meetings and being “on call” a lot of weekends. Maybe I’ve just been working in the wrong places...