My first jobs in the industry were for games companies (in the late 90s). After about 5 years I decided that there is better money and less stress for engineers

My first jobs in the industry were for games companies (in the late 90s). After about 5 years I decided that there is better money and less stress for engineers to be found in what I would then considered 'boring ass software'. Now I enjoy playing games and reading blog posts about their engineering techniques. But I won't regret working mostly 40h weeks with vacation I can actually take and not thinking I'm going to get laid off every time I ship a project.