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Perhaps the question should be taking more literally. How many burned out software developers end up committing suicide relative to averages?
by dafash 9y ago
Perhaps the question should be taking more literally. How many burned out software developers end up committing suicide relative to averages?
- romanovcode 9y agoOh don't over dramatize. Software develops have it way better than 90% of other people. If you have burnout maybe you should just switch jobs.
- zepto 9y agoJust switch to what?
- throwaway7645 9y agoSlightly off topic: I saw an interesting presentation once where the presenter complained that modern day developers are expected to do open source projects in their spare time in addition to all the work on the job and ended by saying construction workers don't have to do open-source jack-hammering. It is a bit unfair.
- xkcd-sucks 9y agoNo open source jackhammering, but their wives still expect weekend house renovation
- CyberFonic 9y agoWhen I hire a carpenter for some building work, I'd rather hire somebody who has built his own house, or at least renovated an old one into something homely than the guy who lives in a derelict trailer.
- stuaxo 9y agoUpstreaming patches while you work covers this a bit. Sure, you will be a drive by coder and not every patch will land, but got the ones that do everyone wins.
- mgkimsal 9y agomany folks raise their public profile in professions by donating time to causes - builders donating free rehab work in low-income areas or for schools/churches, accountants doing pro-bono work, etc.
- crdoconnor 9y agoProgrammers get paid more. Seems pretty fair to me.
- jakebasile 9y agoYeah, other people have it worse, why don't you just be happier?! I can't believe people with burnout and depression haven't thought of that novel strategy.
- dafash 9y agoWhile certainly not definitive, I did read one study suggesting that software developers do have a higher than average suicide rate.