>>Software development consistently ranks among the least stressful jobs you can get and it's really out of touch to compare this profession to genuinely stressful jobs.
I've done 48 hr on-call work days, and a decade back my average sleep hours were like 3 - 4 hrs/day. Needless to say, even the best case sleeping hours are/were 5-6 hrs even till date. Writing code gets as stressful, as it gets.
But I guess you are talking more on the lines of most other professions putting same effort but not getting paid anywhere near we do.
That's a different problem and has a lot more to do with overall life directions, where you started and where you are going than something to do specifically with Software development.
I've done 48 hr on-call work days, and a decade back my average sleep hours were like 3 - 4 hrs/day. Needless to say, even the best case sleeping hours are/were 5-6 hrs even till date. Writing code gets as stressful, as it gets.
But I guess you are talking more on the lines of most other professions putting same effort but not getting paid anywhere near we do.
That's a different problem and has a lot more to do with overall life directions, where you started and where you are going than something to do specifically with Software development.