Your job should get less stressful as you get older

As people climb the career ladder, they often get jobs that are more stressful and come with more responsibilities - as a reward for their years of experience, and accumulated qualifications etc. Of course the jobs come with higher pay too, which is a a plus.

I think it should be the opposite. If you have growing children, aging parents etc and other responsibilities, you should a job with less stress and responsibility. Life is already difficult in mature adulthood - to add a demanding job to that is adding a lot.

I think the time for more stressful jobs is in your 20's - when you're probably single and relatively free to carry more 'load'.