"The happy-productive worker thesis states that happy workers are more productive" Yes, but that's not because I am happy all the time while working. It's beca

"The happy-productive worker thesis states that happy workers are more productive" Yes, but that's not because I am happy all the time while working. It's because I have a purpose in life and a family that keeps me happy. Trying to optimize work to be a place to increase happiness sounds equally promising as breeding dogs whose shit smells like flowers. "Psychological disorders such as job burnout and anxiety could also be reduced by limiting the negative experiences of software developers" I fully agree there, too. I've fired highly profitable clients in the past, simply because their behavior (mostly too emotional, too chaotic, bad management, no time planning skills) was making our entire team unhappy. Quote from the paper: "I also thought of situations where I’m debugging some issue with the code and I can’t figure out why it isn’t working – when it seems like everything should work, but it just doesn’t. This is definitely one of the biggest gumption traps I encounter" I totally don't get that one. For me, the path towards finally figuring out a challenging problem is the single most exciting thing in my job. This is precisely WHY I became a software developer. I'm truly surprised to hear that, apparently, many of my peers despise this aspect of the job.