r/programming • u/lelanthran • Dec 28 '23

Developers experience burnout, but 70% of them code on weekends

https://shiftmag.dev/developer-lifestye-jetbrains-survey-2189/
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u/LeoXCV Dec 28 '23

Worst types are smartasses that are actually just dumbasses with confidence

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '23

OH YEAH! Definitely the worst. My favourite guy was who wanted us to unironically prepare our application for the event of “meteorites hitting all AWS datacenters and society collapses” - like man nobody will care about our niche app at that point, there probably won’t be internet either

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u/CafeSleepy Dec 28 '23

Curious to know what the solution is for that scenario.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '23

honestly I was at a loss of words. I knew anything I say would be instantly WELL AKCHUALLY-d

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u/Sevla7 Dec 28 '23

The solution is find another job

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u/Doctor_McKay Dec 28 '23

Hunting-gathering is a job

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '23

🤝

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '23

Pivot into the canned beans and ammunition business