I spent a few days working on a farm last week. Farmers work harder and longer. I've also worked in education and restaurants. Those environments were way more stressful.

That's what I mean. Working in software skews your perception of what "hard" and "long" and "stressful" mean.

In terms of value, both can be true, I think: https://medium.com/developer-purpose/as-a-developer-know-your-worth-aff59601a9c6