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I'm happy to see someone point out lots of the stressors that effect developers. However I think the advice on how to handle the stressors is poor. While many o
by evanlivingston 12y ago
I'm happy to see someone point out lots of the stressors that effect developers. However I think the advice on how to handle the stressors is poor. While many of the activities do help with the symptoms of stress, none of the items in the list promote a real lifestyle change that would help eliminate the cause of the stress.
Personally, I plan on transitioning out of Software development as a means of avoiding the associated stress.
- bgrohman 12y agoWhat are you planning on doing instead of software development?
- evanlivingston 12y agoI plan on: 1) working substantially fewer hours, ideally ~20 and 2) Woodworking. While being self employed will introduce it's own stresses, I'm excited to work and pursue a craft that changes much less dramatically and quickly as software development does.
- agumonkey 12y agoI believe any kind of 'physical' work has a peaceful inducing potential. Whereas symbolic manipulation is often too taxing on your mind. Especially if it's not inspiring (most of big software projects?).
- bgrohman 12y agoI'm curious what you and others think - would working in a software development organization in a non-developer capacity (management, QA, documentation, etc) have an effect on your stress levels?