> That doesn't mean managers aren't contributors of their own unique frustrations, but I don't think it accounts for the high amount of burn-out in our field.

> That doesn't mean managers aren't contributors of their own unique frustrations, but I don't think it accounts for the high amount of burn-out in our field. That would require an actual survey. But I would say that inexplicable direction changes and constant out-of-order requests are major contributors to these frustrations, and those don't come from the practice of writing software.