Dr. Alok 'Dr. K' Kanodia
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And so it's so interesting if you literally look at the research on developers, why they burn out.
They burn out because they ignore...
The signals of stress.
They have this strategy that the way to get rid of stress is to complete the task that is causing me the stress.
This thing is stressing me out.
And then it's gone.
And then I will be stress-free.
Is that actually what happens?
Because if you are a developer and you pull an all-nighter and you finish some feature and you remove the bottleneck,
Remove the bottleneck.
There is more flow.
And when there is more flow, is there less work?
No, there is more work.
And then the worst thing that I've ever seen is developers who become victims of their own excessive work.
Because now that you're the guy, now this becomes standardized for you.