> most software developers are not in good enough physical shape to do that on a regular basis without doing serious damage to their bodies That's reaching a b

> most software developers are not in good enough physical shape to do that on a regular basis without doing serious damage to their bodies That's reaching a bit. I worked construction for years before starting a software career. There's lots of construction jobs that don't require a whole lot of heavy lifting. In fact, there are probably more of them that don't than do. And you probably overestimate the lack of health of office workers.