How stressful is a quant job w/o pnl/drawdown limits?

Hi everyone,

I've decided to take a step back from ultra-competitive PM/risk land due to health issues. However, I still like markets/finance/quant.

1) For quants without pnl or strict drawdown limits, how stressful is the job? What about job security? 

2) Are Quant HF's more/less stressful than prop firms? What kind of places should I be looking at?

3) Since tech can now pay same/more than quant finance, would the above no-risk quant role reward more than FAANG?

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