I don't follow why you equate journalism with covering corruption - that's just a small fraction of all news. Overall I am not sure what point are you trying t

I don't follow why you equate journalism with covering corruption - that's just a small fraction of all news. Overall I am not sure what point are you trying to make. That today you feel happier as a programmer? Sure, good for you. I am only calling out the naive and frankly childishly simplistic arguments made in this thread that state things along the line: "It must suck to be a journalist, thank god I program ads for a website" I have come believe that jobs that are hard to do but don't pay well are such because are more fulfilling and people are willing to trade monetary remuneration for a more interesting line of work. Many people (and it seems that you feel that way too) take this as a critique of their choices: "No way that a job that pays less than what I do is more interesting! Especially not a journalist/teacher/policeman etc."