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by cozzyd 1495 days ago
Being one of Musk's lawyers sounds like possibly one of the most stressful jobs in the world!
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Doubt it. They have a client who makes things difficult, but that's nothing compared to the stress of being in a job where a wrong decision costs lives.
I think you underestimate the human ability to feel stress. I recently heard about a video game developer/director having a stroke due to stress from extended crunch. A video game! No lives at stake there. Heck, you should have seen how stressed I was in grad school ... I was nearly suicidal on occasion. But absolutely nothing substantial hinged on the work I was doing.
So Tesla's lawyers probably aren't doing great either.
Man it sounds like guaranteed lifetime employment.

If everything is on fire, all day, every day, then nothing is on fire.

Coupled with decreased life expectancy due to hypertension, risk of stroke/aneurysm.