Computer Software Engineer in list of least stressful careers... WTF?

I think so. I like programming, and I work for smaller companies which tend to have reasonable hours. Since the move from waterfall development to agile with releases ever week or two, death marches are a thing of the past. Or have I just had it lucky?

Programmers and engineers always think they have the most stressful jobs. Nothing new there. Most don't have experience outside of the industry to realize these are fundamental <i>plight of the working man</i> sort of complaints that apply equally to their jobs as they might to a teenager working at a fast food restaurant.

Think you might have read it wrong. This is an article about High-Paying, Low-Stress Jobs which is what is says a CSE is.

That article was predictably bad, but what really clinched it was the claim that civil engineering jobs are less stressful because projects have long deadlines without giving any consideration to how much time the job actually requires.<p>Somehow I don't think a five-year project with a deadline three years from now is the most stress-free job around.

I don't necessarily disagree with the article, but it does a very poor job of explaining why programming is low stress, aside from saying that some programmers work from home.