Horrible comparison. Software development could hardly be further from working on a farm. Farm is physically demanding but not remotely mentally so. Move hay

Horrible comparison. Software development could hardly be further from working on a farm. Farm is physically demanding but not remotely mentally so. Move hay from the barn to the cattle feeding areas. Sow this part with the currently planned plants, etc. It will wear you out physically but your body will get used to that and you can push yourself quite far. By contrast, if your mind won't work on a problem anymore then no amount of pleading, begging, yelling, etc. will force it to. Software development is closer to writing fiction novels. Now how many fiction authors do you know of who write 40+ hours per week for months on end? Has it ever been done at all?