Exactly, but if it has to be an us vs. them kinda thing, I’d like to throw in: people who’re working with their body at least have the luxury of being able to remove themselfs from work when they get home. Leaving work as a developer, researcher, whatever, means that your stupid brain brings problem home and distracts you when you should spend time with your family.

I envy people who enjoy and make a living from social interaction or physical work.

I may be wrong, but looking from the outside it looks to me like they are improving themselves as a person and earning a living at the same time.

I need to set aside time to improve my social and physical well being, outside of working time.

Don’t get me wrong I work with interesting people that I love, but we don’t improve our social abilities together