would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a software engineer in United States

1 stranger working as software engineer in United States have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 6.0 / 10. 54% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 31% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
6.0/ 10
stress
7h/ night
sleep
22h/ week
free time
$11,500/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade54%
would not trade31%
unsure15%

71 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • lonely5
  • stable4
  • meaningful3
  • chaotic2
  • enviable2
  • inspiring2

one software engineer in United States has shared an anonymous fragment of their life. the sample is small — read the numbers below as suggestive, not definitive.

asked whether they would trade lives with software engineers in United States, 71 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 54% would trade, 31% would not, 15% are unsure.

compared with software engineers worldwide, software engineers in United States are happier by 0.4 points on the 1–10 scale.

compared with everyone else in United States, software engineers in United States are happier by 1.3 points on the 1–10 scale.

how this compares

  • vs all software engineers globally
    happiness +0.4stress +0.1would-trade -3.0pp
  • vs all lives in United States
    happiness +1.3stress +0.2would-trade +3.0pp

fragments