A risky, non-9-to-5 job can be just as meaningless as a safe 9-5 job. The hours and safety of the job are not what give the job meaning; it is you that gives i

A risky, non-9-to-5 job can be just as meaningless as a safe 9-5 job. The hours and safety of the job are not what give the job meaning; it is you that gives it meaning. I have worked for large firms and startups (none of them, by the way, were 9-5) and always felt it was a great job to have at the time. There was no "escape" though since the work was remarkably similar. The startups still paid. To put it another way, I think you're looking at the wrong feature set to make this prediction.