I find this thread very insightful and it was/is also entertaining.
Off-topic: If I were 20 years younger and fresh out of school... I would work exactly in this direction. Even if I could only earn a normal income then. Money isn't everything. Free time and a real evening off without existential fears... oh, how wonderful that would be.
Regards, Steffen
Strange, I left this secure civil servant garden 25 years ago, after I only had stomach pains from what I was allowed/had to experience there.
Perceptions, experiences, expectations, and needs for security/control are so different.
Sylvia