I see what you're saying, but what I've seen from my personal experiences and all my friends in their respective industries, is that life is really hard for professionals. Even sleeping in your own bed every night doesn't mean much after working 10-12 hour days, plus commuting home in rush hour traffic, and then working some weekends. Coming home exhausted, reheating whatever I find, then going to bed, and doing it all over again with maybe a Sunday afternoon with the family wasn't quality time. When I'm on the road with the airline I have my nights to myself, with no other distractions, to do whatever I want, often in a city that's worth exploring. A few years from now, I'll have even more nights at home and overnights in generally a better pool of cities. In my professional experience, most people work themselves to death, and in the airlines, it's much less so.