Why is Burnout so common among developers?(medium.com)
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Why is Burnout so common among developers?
https://medium.com/entech-solutions/why-is-burnout-so-common-among-developers-da7ad31a9ac2
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Seems absurd. I don't imagine hunting and gathering was comfortable.
Work is traded for pay because it sucks. It always sucked from prehistory to now.
Burnout is a bespoke label for something very simple. Work sucks
Work is traded for pay because it sucks. It always sucked from prehistory to now.
Burnout is a bespoke label for something very simple. Work sucks
That is a completely incorrect analogy! Our species had tens of thousands of years to adapt to primitive work. Computers have been around for less than a century. We haven't even begun to adapt.
You imagine that adaptation always occurs to normalize a species subjective experience of daily tasks?
You are just making evolution goal directed to suit your argument. It isn't
You are just making evolution goal directed to suit your argument. It isn't
Without constant, active measures to counteract the damage from being at a screen 60 hours a week, your body will atrophy, you will get RSI's, and you will burnout.
It is deeply inhuman work, and the amount of adaptation required is insane. Personally, I am only doing this work for the money, and when I have enough saved, I am going to retire early and become a baker or something.