> I'd imagine it must be pretty relaxed/cushy, albeit probably at the lower end of market comp for software jobs in particular.

Based on what?

Mission-oriented jobs tend to be below-market. Open source, gaming, SpaceX, etc.

	▲	collinmcnulty an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I wouldn’t describe any of those jobs as “cushy”.
	▲	cortesoft an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That explains the below-market part, but not the cushy part. Gaming is notorious for not being cushy.