I feel very fortunate to be in software development. I genuinely enjoy my job. Not the jobby parts of it, but the actually problem solving and puzzle solving and trying to make something the best I can within the box I'm given to play in.

I don't know if I could handle another job, though one summer I loaded boxes on a truck and while it was physically demanding, I daydreamed about computers while I was doing it and left mentally refreshed even after ten hour days and had the energy to work on my passions. But that doesn't pay like software does.