I think the reality is this has little to do with the job. I'm a SWE, and most other SWE I know are basically losers. They work, go home, do nothing, wake up r

I think the reality is this has little to do with the job. I'm a SWE, and most other SWE I know are basically losers. They work, go home, do nothing, wake up repeat. Do that for 40 years and eventually roll over and die from complications of obesity. Sure, they work more and have more money. Doesn't matter much. They couldn't tell you what code they wrote one year ago. All their money is going towards their various vices, be it food, nicotine, video games. Point being, working and nothing else is the reality for a lot of people. And it is sad, and it is pathetic, and you don't get much to show for it. People, in general these days, don't really have lives. They live, but just barely.