Re: #5 on the list of Low Stress Jobs

Subject: Re: #5 on the list of Low Stress Jobs
From: Dossy Shiobara <dossy -at- panoptic -dot- com>
To: Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:58:33 -0400

On 10/15/09 1:28 PM, Julie Stickler wrote:
> I always thought that deadline pressures
> equalled stress. But what do I know?

While deadline pressures may be stressful, I think the comparison is on
a continuum that includes jobs such as "Air Traffic Controller",
"Alaskan Crab Fisherman" and "Trauma Surgeon" ... where mistakes usually
mean people die, vs. a deadline slippage or errata sheet.

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