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I worked at a small-ish commodities trading firm for 3 years. 6 weeks in I knew it was going to be horrible. I stuck it out for three years just so I wasn't job hopping on my resume. Probably wasn't worth it at all.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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I'm surprised it lasted that long without some trader blowing up their account so badly that the company went under. Commodities trading is worse than a casino.
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When I'm retired and old and decrepit...I can only hope to work for Oldje.com.
NSFW!!!! Do NOT go there on a monitored connection. You have been warned.
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Worked for:
Military: easy, "if we wanted you to think, we would have issued you a brain"
Airlines, small, nice folks but they moved my job to the left coast and I quit.
Large Corp: Approached the level of government bureaucracy. Most, but not all, of my bosses were great.
Contractor: 1. Worked with great people, didn't have to the paperwork. Traveled doing trade shows.
Contractor: 2. to a small family owned business, My favorite gig.
Self: As OG said...
I still do a little contracting, but only from SOHO.
To do it all over again: Contracting.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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I've only worked at 1 company, a startup, for my entire 23 years in software...first part-time employee hired when the owner won a bid for a long-term USDA project. I'm still working on that project! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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None of the above - I don't work (retired). Oh wait it is not a survey.
By far the most enjoyable was working for myself but as Marc said the money was rather variable.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I like what I'm doing right now in industry for the reason that it basically forces use-case-centric thinking. You got a product to sell, you got a product to develop, so you want to minimize effort (including long-term-maintenance) under the given circumstances. That totes tickles my fancy.
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I enjoy working for myself, with a single bread and butter client who is really good to me, and some side work to keep me busy. This after working in every situation you outlined except education.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Private Sector Very Large Company, but not just any. I want one that is good to employees, produces high-quality product, and allows/encourages work from home for those whose work is mostly online.
Second in line: me, because why not?
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I have worked for some of the biggest companies in the US and in the state of Pennsylvania and I have worked for mid-ranged companies, and I think without a doubt the less bureaucracy the better. At one company I was moved from one building to another and at the new building they had posted a note on the door of the office to not put up any signs as they were coming forthwith. It was signed by so-and-so, assistant director of signs (I kid you not). They moved people around so much they employed people that were charged with putting the correct signs on the doors. This was the same company that the DBA's were so narrowly focused you were not just a SQL DBA, vs. Oracle, but you might be the SQL DBA in charge of backups. To get a new SQL server spun up for a new application took 10 layers of knowing who to ask and scheduling against 10,000 other requirements from other departments. In the mid-size company I work for now I enjoy wearing many different hats and there is only one level between me and the CIO. If I need a new server I need only ask 1 guy. So all told I would much rather work as a big fish in a small pond.
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I have been working for one and had the totally opposite experience.
ed
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I have worked in manufacturing, entertainment, medical, retail, insurance, and finance both as an employee and a consultant.
However, I have always wanted to work for a Humanitarian Organization that actually does something to help people, instead of working to help line the pockets of executives, which is what most of us have done or are doing...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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I found that Private sector Family Owned usually meant tolerating badly behaved management and a more personal feeling of being exploited.
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Let's face it, the internet makes it really easy to copy'n'paste your way to success.
Unless of course ... you are caught ... British Government plan copied from Wikipedia[^]
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Maybe both were written by infinite monkey's...? 
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Yes of course this has made the whole process of writing any article or document paper very easy. now we do not have to work hard and everything comes to our hands very easily. but I think plag check is also something very important so that we blindly don't copy everything and make an effort to read the document so the we can resist something in mind about the topic.
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If you can't dazzle em with brains, baffle em with bullshit.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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As a Dutch saying goes "Beter goed gestolen dan slecht verzonnen"
(better well stolen than badly invented) 
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But if you are going to steal something, at least make an effort to make it look original ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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No time while partying.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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In general, I think being dishonest is a bad idea.
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Sorry, any comment I'd make would run afoul of the rules 🤐
Mircea
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At the risk of being political, I'm just going to say: What did you expect from this lot?
In the interests of balance. (and, hopefully, bypassing the posting rules!), it hardly compares to what some of their predecessors have done:
- Invaded Iraq based on WMD complete BS. Gets Knighted.
- Sunk Argentine ship that posed no threat. Gets re-elected.
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Well at least it shows we have a government that is really dedicated to recycling ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Let's face it, the internet makes it really easy to copy'n'paste your way to success.
Unless of course ... you are caught ... British Government plan copied from Wikipedia[^]
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear ...
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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