Definitely some wisdom here... the "headline" salary number for a developer looks great on paper, but once you factor in hours that are likely 9-5 as an absolut

Definitely some wisdom here... the "headline" salary number for a developer looks great on paper, but once you factor in hours that are likely 9-5 as an absolute minimum + various out of hours stuff for release + support + being on hook/on-call for anything that explodes at any times, and all generally pretty inflexible / driven by _other people's_ events, messups, etc, it's not that great, or it's like all downsides of being a proprietor, but with upside capped to your salary.