In trades, those projects have obvious beginnings, ends, and results. The driveway is poured. You’re often not expected to maintain that driveway either.

A lot of tech is basically a treadmill. You’re never finished. It is no wonder people burn out mentally.

Something like cybersecurity? Great, we made it through today, tomorrow will be worse. Repeat until something bad happens.

My knees and back might last longer though.