I don't think this is true for most people, when you ask older people about their regrets, it's often that they worked too much and didn't live enough.
There are many people who don’t get asked about their regrets when they’re older. And there are many people living lives of quiet desperation.
Yes but the set of people we're talking about in this context is software engineers often paid well above median.
I’m at that point where I’m working less and making more money and I’ve done most of the stuff people want to do traveling, hiking, gaming, etc. and I’m still in my 30s. Now everything starts to feel same old boring there’s no excitement.