Articles by Tag #burnout
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burnout in learning
the weight of burnout life hits everyone differently. no two people share the exact same...
I Think Game Dev Isn’t My Thing (And That’s Okay)
I’ve made a few games over the years — joined some game hackathons, shipped small projects — but...
Why Your Side Project Remains Unfinished: Burnout Explained
Photo by Eden Constantino on Unsplash We all been there—you have this revolutionary idea for a...
I Built a Task Manager That Automatically Kills Tasks You're Ignoring
I opened Things 3 and saw 247 tasks staring back at me. I felt my chest tighten. I closed the...
Burnout, PIP and Self-Doubt | Looking for Career Advice After a Hard Fall
Disclaimer: This post is meant to talk about the current state of my career and mental health in...
Breaking the Hero Culture: Why Sam's Burnout Nearly Killed MyCoCo's Growth
How MyCoCo transformed from relying on a single 'hero' engineer to building a resilient team that could scale operations without creating dangerous knowledge bottlenecks.
Beyond Burnout: A 5-Step Action Plan for Stressed-Out Developers
Burnout Isn't a Mental Health Issue — It's a Career Crisis And you can recover from it. Burnout in...
The hidden burnout devs face even when they love the work
A story about hitting the wall no one talks about the one that shows up even when you’re doing the...
Beyond “Fuck LeetCode”: A Practical Map from Burnout to Breakthrough
Searches like “fuck leetcode” show how many candidates feel stuck, anxious, or burned out by interview prep. This guide reframes the problem, offer...
Why So Many People Say “Fuck LeetCode” — And What to Do About It
If you’ve ever typed “fuck leetcode,” you’re not alone. Here’s a realistic look at why algorithm interviews feel frustrating, whether DS&A matters ...
Finding My Spark Again: A Month With Codex
I thought this would be a post about Codex. It turned into a post about burnout, identity, and...
🧠 When to Seek Help: 5 Clear Signs You Might Need a Therapist
💡 Mental health is like code — if you ignore warnings too long, small bugs can turn into system...
Coping After Trauma: Practical Strategies to Rebuild Resilience 🌱
Most people think trauma recovery is just about “waiting it out.” But anyone who’s lived through it...
Why Platform Teams Are Burning Out: How MyCoCo Escaped the Developer Experience Trap
When platform teams become overloaded bottlenecks instead of enablers, the solution isn't more tooling—it's strategic constraints and clear boundaries that preserve team sanity while accelerating delivery.
When LeetCode Burnout Hits: A Brutally Honest Guide to Getting Unstuck
You've hit the wall. The problems all look the same, nothing sticks, and you're starting to hate coding. LeetCode burnout is real—here's how to rec...
The Dark Side of Grinding: Burnout, Balance, and Identity
🧠 What is happiness, really? Ask different people, get different answers. For some, it’s...
LeetCode Burnout While Working Full Time: The Sustainable Survival Guide
You're exhausted from work, dreading the evening grind, and watching your will to code slowly die. Working full-time + interview prep is brutal. He...
Corporate Burnout: How the CIA Invented Your 9 to 5
What is HTML All The Things? HTML All The Things is a web development podcast and...
The Work Will Never Love You Back, But People Might
Let’s be real for a second: You can give your job everything—your nights, your weekends, your mental...
Thriving in Tech Without Burning Out
The tech industry moves at a relentless pace. It’s easy to get caught up in the hype, the deadlines,...
How to Identify and Heal Burnout from Work
How to avoid burnout by building healthy habits
How to Avoid Burnout While Managing Heavy Workloads
Introduction – The Hidden Cost of Overwork Pushing hard to hit deadlines and deliver...
Ticket-Driven Development Is Not a Process. It's a Trap.
Somewhere along the way, “just pick up the next ticket” became the default dev workflow. And that’s...
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The Invisible Epidemic 😷: Facing the Silent Crisis of Burnout [with Sam Loeffler]
Original post: https://onboardedhq.substack.com/p/facing-the-silent-crisis-of-burnout Something we...
Why I’m All In on Burnout Prevention and What I’m Building with DustOff Reset
I’ve been building something personal, experimental, and deeply needed: a system that helps people...
🔥 Nobody Talks About the Mental Debt of Being a Developer
Let's be honest. We all talk about technical debt - bad code, rushed features, and spaghetti logic...
The Hidden Cost of AI in SRE: Why Automation Hasn’t Fixed Burnout
AI promised to eliminate toil in Site Reliability Engineering, but has it really reduced burnout? Let’s explore the hidden costs of automation in 2025.
😩Burnout Lessons: What It Feels Like and How to Start Healing
Burnout doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it feels like being tired all the time. Sometimes...
3 reasons to quit coding
When i started my career in IT, everything seemed so promising. But pretty quickly, i got tired of...
Should You Quit Tech? A Reality Check for Burnt Out Devs
Let’s not sugarcoat it - tech is brutal right now. The layoffs haven’t stopped. Projects are being...