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I am sceptical that burnout has become very en vogue. I also think this why immigrants are eating locals' breakfast (so to speak). I do a lot of hiring & (very
by beardedman 4y ago
I am sceptical that burnout has become very en vogue.
I also think this why immigrants are eating locals' breakfast (so to speak). I do a lot of hiring & (very anecdotally of course) burnout is almost exclusively a topic of developed countries' software engineers. So much so, that I don't like hiring them (DACH region/Austria/Germany lately). And yes; I believe work life balance is important.
- freddie_mercury 4y agoI work in Vietnam and I've never heard developers here talk about burnout incessantly like Hacker News does.
- ohgodplsno 4y agoLow wages and poor social mobility makes you unable to care about your mental wellbeing, how surprising. Yes, burnout is a rich country problem, because you otherwise kill yourself at the task because you can't afford not to. Give Vietnam western european wages and within 10 years, burnout will also be a talked about problem. Just because you don't have time to look at something doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
- iLoveOncall 4y agoImmigrants are as burnt out as locals (if not a lot more), just check Blind for 5 minutes. The difference is just that the livelyhood of sometimes dozens of people back home is on their shoulders, so they just try to power through. Which company do you work for so that I can avoid it?
- beardedman 4y agoDoing so very effectively it seems. :)