Depends where you live. In Silicon Valley programmers are treated well as human beings. In others, programmers are treated as bottom of barrel employees, like s

Depends where you live. In Silicon Valley programmers are treated well as human beings. In others, programmers are treated as bottom of barrel employees, like short order cooks to implement somebody elses vision, and their input not valued. I've seen quite a few programmers have breakdowns, and have to leave the industry. Far higher rate than other industries. I think it's because programmers see themselves as creatives, but managers in some companies seem them as builders of somebody else's vision.