Traditional "vacation time" in software companies is really toxic. It's a justification that allows companies to burn people out without looking bad. A sustaina

Traditional "vacation time" in software companies is really toxic. It's a justification that allows companies to burn people out without looking bad. A sustainable interesting career doesn't need breaks scattered across the year. It's a subtle admission that workers are so burnt out they need a break every few weeks just to continue to function, which is a sign of a poorly managed company. Contrast this with sabbaticals, which are given to tenured professors who have been working for a lifetime so they can achieve something non-academic. Why do we acknowledge that professors may want to achieve something outside of their workplace, while not giving programmers a sabbatical to do the same?