Let’s cut to the chase—how many of us are quietly burning out while still pushing commits?

You’re hitting deadlines. You’re responding to Slack. You’re reviewing PRs. From the outside, it looks like you’ve got it all together. But inside? You’re drained. You’re anxious. You’re exhausted—and no amount of dark mode or dual monitors is fixing it.

In today’s tech culture, it often feels like grind is glorified.

"Side project or you're not serious."

"Learn a new stack every quarter."

"Open source on the weekends."

"Tweet your GitHub green squares or disappear."

But here’s the uncomfortable truth:

Many developers are silently burning out under the weight of unrealistic expectations.

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We’ve Made Hustle a Personality Trait

The pressure to constantly grow, ship, learn, and produce isn’t sustainable. And what’s worse? We rarely talk about it until someone crashes.

Sure, passion is great. But it should fuel your creativity—not set you on fire.

We need to normalize sustainable dev life:

• Taking breaks without guilt

• Learning at your own pace

• Saying no to that “quick” favor

• Logging off without needing to announce it

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Let’s Get Real

• Have you ever hit burnout? What caused it?

• What changes helped you recover or avoid it?

• How can we design developer culture to value longevity over velocity?

You can’t ship good code if you’re running on empty. Let’s start talking about this before the crash happens—not after.