.Net Developer - and former accountant?

During the past 6 months, my projects, the old and new one, are basically accounting applications. So my basic background is a great help!

But how can I compare and contrast these two professions?

Programmer vs Management Accountant (Controller)

Common things:
1. focus on details
2. sitting in front of computer
3. many tables (in excel or SQL)
4. some business logic (more on user level as accountant, more on designer level as programmer)
5. lots of patience
6. need to do some exercise
7. need to study and improve - lots of self-study


Differences
1. as an accountant, the pressure was way higher - deadline, audits, not working systems
2. as home based programmer - I deal with much less interaction. It is a bit boring, but stress level is not existing.
3. as programmer - materials are freely available to try and learn. As a finance controller, the company systems were not at all documented, and it was a huge struggle to understand and configure them, beside the daily pressures.
4. as a programmer - more helpful community and possibility to learn at own pace. As controller, the priority changes were more sudden and imprevisible, with almost no support from management.

That's all for now. What do you think, did you experience this kind of transition? Do you feel stressed as a programmer? Or lacking support?