#techburnout — Public Fediverse posts
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I can't sleep. I can write. So I'm writing..
Let me tell you a story. About an engineer that's been in tech for 15 years, burned out three times, left the industry, started systemic training, and then realized what they had been taught in school was not only incomplete, it was actively misleading.
Not because of bad actors (although these exists, newsflash, I know). But from the geometry of composition. The structure of who talks to whom, when, in which order, produced properties that none of the individual parts had — the composed system's complexity exceeded the regulatory variety any single actor had been built to handle. Ashby's law, applied to alignment: a regulator must match the variety of the system it regulates. The parts were sized for themselves. The composition exceeded their variety.
(Are we talking about AI or are we talking about humans? Yes.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(cybernetics)
#TechIndustry #SoftwareEngineering #Burnout #TechBurnout #QueerTech #FeministTech #TransTech #AuDHD #Neurodivergent #MentalHealth #PsychologicalSafety #Cybernetics
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😳 Some Silicon Valley AI startups are now expecting employees to work 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week—72 hours a week—emulating China’s controversial 996 culture. That’s a heck of a turnaround for an industry known for flexibility. Firms are chasing hyper‑growth and trying to outpace Chinese rivals and workers face legal risk, ethics dilemmas, and burnout that may erode long term innovation and inclusion. ⏰
TL;DR
🕒 72‑hour weekly schedule gaining traction
⚖️ Many firms likely violating labor laws
🧠 Burnout and health risks mounting
🌍 Ethical contradiction in AI culturehttps://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-china-996-work-schedule/
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🔥 The Great Suffocation | How Agile Theater, Human Blockers, and Chaos Burn Out the Frontlines #AgileTheatre #BurnoutInTech #DevOpsPain #EnterpriseIT #CyberCulture #AgileFatigue #TechBurnout #SecurityArchitect #AgileChaos #DigitalBlockers #BrokenAgile #TeamDysfunction #DeadSwitch #NoMoreMeetings #RealAgile #TechVoices #SilentResistance #DeveloperReality
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Real Talk Alert! Aaron Powell is a seasoned technologist with a 20-year career in the software industry.
His story is one many can relate to – falling out of love with tech during COVID and facing the reality of burnout.
Join us as Aaron shares his personal journey from the brink of a performance plan to rediscovering his passion and excitement for tech.
Book your spot now at https://www.dddmelbourne.com/tickets
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Too much information: film, music, books and more for coping with tech burnout
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jul/24/cultural-prescription-tech-burnout?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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I woke up this morning from an awful anxiety dream about & with situations & people from my former employment.
Considering I still get similar anxiety dreams from my 3 years of working at Subway during college...
This is going to be a LONG road to recovering from the complete and utter burnout from my past 11 years with that former employment.
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I've also been toying with the idea of writing a blog post about my experience, but don't know where to start.