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by alecbz 4y ago
IME long breaks do very little to help with burnout like this. All you're doing is giving yourself a brief reprieve from an environment that drains your energy. You'll build up a bit of the energy over the break, but as soon as yo
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by alecbz 4y ago
I still love programming but often feel burnt out at my SWE job. Things like: - coworkers - working culture - autonomy - sense of ownership - sense of impact - how much you actually get to code - whether the coding yo
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by alecbz 4y ago
> Their stock is falling FWIW Google's still beating the S&P 500 since pre-COVID (+19% vs +14%)
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by alecbz 4y ago
> they have to pay you to do it. Things can be both enjoyable and necessary[0]. I could imagine that early humans may have enjoyed the "work" of hunting (given that some modern people still seem to), even though it was also nec
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by alecbz 4y ago
> Each generation ends up having more than the previous one could dream of, and yet they keep wanting more. This makes sense though -- I think it's somewhat natural for people to want growth/progress. I've found that worki
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by alecbz 4y ago
Reading is absolutely subjective, but that doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't be optimized for (just like with regular written language -- editors are a thing). Being a good code reviewer (just like being a good editor) is ab
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by alecbz 4y ago
I agree that anything that _could_ be covered by an automated check ought to be. But don't think I'm convinced that everything else is either an egregious mistake or isn't worth discussing. IMO a big part of what you ought to
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by alecbz 4y ago
I'm super surprised at how open and off-the-cuff he's being here. Did he not put together that the DMs might get published? Is this just the power of good rapport? Is he trying to be strategic here in some way?
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by alecbz 4y ago
> You may find there's nowhere better to go Yeah that's kinda the rub right now though. Everyone's frozen, tons are laying off. If the only information you have is "my company did a layoff", it's not clear y
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by alecbz 4y ago
I don't think this is categorically true... you think _all_ the companies that have recently announced layoffs are basically sinking ships?
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by alecbz 4y ago
I don't at all mean that I feel guilty about abandoning the company or anything like that, I'm saying this 100% from a place of selfishness. Wherever I am, I want my manager to think I'm engaged, I want to seem like a team-pl
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by alecbz 4y ago
You're definitely not going to get fired for that on its own. Maybe I'm over-estimating how much this ends up mattering. But I think it can matter in other small ways too that can negatively effect your career growth.
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by alecbz 4y ago
I think just leaving it at "I got this wrong" would land way better. Adding "and I take responsibility" without actually substantiating that makes it sound way more hollow.
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by alecbz 4y ago
But if the senior person is in a role that the company ultimately wants staffed, they're going to need to hire someone else to replace them, who will be new and less effective? (Though OTOH, given the current macro, maybe they can get
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by alecbz 4y ago
I'd be nervous about asking this unless I'm 100% committed to leaving the company, even if they say "no". Otherwise, you ask, they say "no", but now you've signaled that you're not especially invested
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by alecbz 4y ago
The broader concept of "free speech" is not a legal one, and so is a lot "mushier" and more nuanced. "There should be no negative consequences of any kind for anything anyone ever says" is obviously way too str
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by alecbz 4y ago
> or preclude states from setting their own laws restricting rights. 1A on its own does not do this, but AIUI a subsequent amendment (I think one of the reconstruction amendments?) has been interpreted to apply the restrictions in the co
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by alecbz 4y ago
What counts as a "reasonable" raise?
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by alecbz 4y ago
Or a lack of resources? (Unless you're counting that as a "leadership problem")
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by alecbz 4y ago
This is hard though because culture often isn't very legible. I'd easily trade pay (within reason) and any tech stack for a truly great culture where I felt driven and engaged and was doing meaningful work, but the latter is reall
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by alecbz 4y ago
> If the job is the source of unhappiness, staying in the job will perpetuate the problem. There's a bit of a leap here -- you're made unhappy by your job, but it's harder to say how much of the cause is the job vs. you.
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by alecbz 4y ago
That's still burnout, no? I think some people view burnout as "being overworked to exhaustion" but I think that's just one form of it.
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by alecbz 4y ago
Don't most options expire a handful of months after leaving the company?
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by alecbz 4y ago
I’ve meditated on and off for the past 6ish years. I never really consciously choose to stop, it’s just a habit I tend to lose and regain often.
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by alecbz 4y ago
Not well versed enough in neurology, but I thought the “wiring” generally referred to which neural pathways are likely to be triggered, which I think is different than just changes in hormones?
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by alecbz 4y ago
I think exercise is closer to improving hormonal balances than really “rewiring” your brain, but for sure I notice that it can help a bit. Maybe it does have some “rewiring” effects. I do think meditation rewires your brain in a way that’s
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by alecbz 4y ago
I’ve dealt with depression for the better half of my life. I tried SSRIs for a decade with moderate results — they definitely helped, but more so in a way where the depression felt manageable than feeling really happy. I went off them at t
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by alecbz 4y ago
Despite the occasional hate, I think the main benefit of acronyms and initialisms is turning "improper nouns" into proper nouns. "Highly sensitive person" => HSP, e.g. The fact that the acronym obscures is a feature;
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by alecbz 4y ago
Ah sure, that's a broader claim and I think is less obviously true. In general, I think a lot of existential crises are caused by having some psychological need not met, and so making sure psychological needs are met seems like a reaso
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by alecbz 4y ago
I think generally these things might just be called existential crises, and it just so happens that people tend to experience one at around 40. I've also been having one for the past 3 years (the tail of my 20s), which I've been k

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