>>>>And stress, I'm sure. They literally do make life and death decisions. If my program has a bug in it, nobody dies from it.
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>>>Then you've never worked in the real-time, process control world.
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>>I know there are applications like that out there. I was speaking from personal experience. There probably aren't many of us who do database apps who work on software that can kill you.
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>I'm just glad that I don't do that anymore. The pressure can be crushing.

Was the pay justifying the stress? (This is probably a stupid question but still I'd like to have your point of view)