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Any job where at least some of the work you do is so important that no one can justifiably tell you not to do it for any reason except to fire you. There are a variety of professional services fields where this is the case. IDK about the software world.

[smabie]

I know a couple guys working as quants on trading desks that never ever get bothered between market open and market close. The downside is that they can’t get lunch or anything, but the tradeoff is probably worth it. Research quants on the otherhand get bothered constantly.