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> Is it me, or do most software jobs cause burnout? In my humble opinion, yes. Unfortunately I cannot express myself accurately in English to convey the messa
by stefanos82 3y ago
> Is it me, or do most software jobs cause burnout?
In my humble opinion, yes.
Unfortunately I cannot express myself accurately in English to convey
the message, but my personal conclusion is apply the 80-20 rule in
everything you do and you will see incredible results.
There are days where I cannot use more than 20% of my whole energy,
because my mental state is over-stimulated with data and unnecessary
information, that literally intervenes in my personal life and that is
when it becomes unhealthy and you need to draw a line and say "that is
enough; this is not normal".
I could be wrong, but I have the impression since the evolution of
modern web development with all these trendy JS, CSS, back-end,
front-end toys so-called frameworks, we get bombarded with bleeding-edge
technological achievements that we rush ourselves to catch up...and that
leads to mental exhaustion, fatigue, anxiety, and at some cases to
depression for being unable to catch up so you can compete with the
current market, let alone with younger people that just graduated and
their brains are like sponges.
- starkparker 3y agoTech jobs spend so much time getting up to speed, which some — maybe most — people don't find nourishing compared to actually moving at speed. Then something new comes out and you grind back to a halt in order to work to get back up to speed again. In many other lines of work, you learn a skill, then refine it through work, with a trail of things created reflecting that development. In tech so many skills are disposable, and so little of the product survives iteration. The results likewise feel worthless to me, and over time the worthlessness of the work overtakes my own feelings of self-worth.
- neon_electro 3y agoI wonder how many engineering managers truly understand that notion of getting up to speed and sometimes grinding to a halt.
- barrysteve 3y agoTech jobs are like writing with water on stone, under a bright sunny day. Writing books holds it's worth, writing programs does not.
- quickthrower2 3y agoTell me about it. Freaking Kubernetes!