Leaving Tech(ryanbigg.com)
133 points by jonahx | 127 comments
Ryan Bigg, a 20-year Ruby and JavaScript developer, explains on his blog why he is leaving the tech industry after repeated job rejections.
#burnout on Hacker News
14 stories tagged burnout, newest first.
The Corporate Happiness Treadmill and the Case for Doing Less(0xff.nu)
37 points by hxii | 31 comments
A personal blog essay arguing against the corporate pursuit of constant growth and happiness, advocating for doing less at work to avoid burnout.
Show HN: Autism Simulator(autism-simulator.vercel.app)
719 points by joshcsimmons | 804 comments
A browser-based interactive simulator game showing what autistic masking, decision fatigue, and burnout can feel like through choices and stats.
996(lucumr.pocoo.org)
860 points by genericlemon24 | 411 comments
Armin Ronacher's blog post critiquing the 996 overwork culture promoted in startups, contrasting love of work with family and life balance.
The curse of knowing how, or; fixing everything(notashelf.dev)
974 points by Lunar5227 | 401 comments
A personal blog essay about how programming skill creates a compulsion to build or fix every tool and problem one encounters.
The Burnout Machine(unionize.fyi)
661 points by flxfxp | 506 comments
An essay originally published in 2600 Hacker Quarterly arguing that tech industry burnout, Agile pressure, and layoffs make a case for unionizing tech workers.
Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed(scientificamerican.com)
692 points by headalgorithm | 802 comments
Scientific American podcast episode on how to cope with outrage fatigue and stay informed without burning out amid overwhelming news.
The Tsunami of Burnout Few See(charleshughsmith.blogspot.com)
501 points by dxs | 279 comments
Charles Hugh Smith blog post arguing that widespread burnout is being masked by play-acted solutions and narrative control.
My Time Working at Stripe(jondlm.github.io)
330 points by jondlm | 302 comments
A personal blog post by a software engineer reflecting on quitting his job at Stripe without another job lined up and sharing his experience honestly.
Tell HN: Burnout is bad to your brain, take care
485 points by tuyguntn | 200 comments
A Tell HN post in which the author describes how burnout and depression impaired their learning, memory, and problem-solving, urging others to protect their mental health.
What it was like working for Gitlab(yorickpeterse.com)
351 points by aragilar | 414 comments
Yorick Peterse's blog post reflecting on his six years working at GitLab from 2015 to 2021, including burnout and company experiences.
Ask HN: Who else is working on nothing?
347 points by g4zj | 119 comments
An Ask HN thread where the poster describes losing curiosity and drive, focusing on personal issues, and asks if others are working on nothing.
Feynman: I am burned out and I'll never accomplish anything (1985)(asc.ohio-state.edu)
341 points by ent101 | 136 comments
Excerpt from "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" where Feynman recounts recovering from burnout by playing with physics, starting with a wobbling plate.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2024/1/1/15e9f0cf-79b0-462d-bdec-9fa742661466.jpg)
Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos [video](youtube.com)
524 points by Philpax | 139 comments
YouTube video in which Tom Scott announces he is stopping his weekly video series after ten years of making videos.