I flew with a guy who was a supervisor down at Miami Ctr, doing his multi. I asked him about how stressful it gets, because I was interested in possibly pursuing the career. His reply...
"Any job has it's stressful times. Just check out the McDonald's cashier at lunch time. Same thing, morning departures, late morning arrivals, afternoon departures, and evening arrivals is when it usually gets busy."
Coming from the cockpit, I think any pilot would have an advantage from the previous knowledge, but can't get much less stressful than ATC. Especially when you hear those beeping noises getting faster and faster when ATC comes on the radio... then a pause... then you hear your call sign said in an inquisitive manner.
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