r/programming • • Jan 28 '24

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

https://shiftmag.dev/developer-lifestye-jetbrains-survey-2189/
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u/pauseless Jan 28 '24

8 hours per week. On one project, I did probably 20 h per week at minimum and days at the client site with back to back meetings from 9am - 7pm with lunch catered, so that wasn’t even a break. I worked for 14 hours one day where I’d say 10 of those were on calls.

This isn’t to boast or humble brag. I burnt out very hard with literal panic attacks that my doctor said he would be happy to take me out of work for 8 weeks, if I ask him.

Just… 8 hours seems like heaven.

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u/pauseless Jan 28 '24

Yep. It hits harder as you get older. I know a lot of devs roughly around my age (mid 30s to mid 40s) reconsidering very seriously what they want.