Burnout is on every lips nowadays: from 1974 to 2008, no less than 6000 resources have been written on the subject. However, in the software industry, this common phenomenon is still a stigma of weakness. People are afraid to speak or to hear about it, which prevent to solve the problem even more. What's burnout? How can we prevent it?
Stress is a serious issue we should all consider very closely. Being a valuable developer means taking a lot of decision throughout the day. Stress can disable you in that regard: let's see powerful ways to manage it on a daily basis.
Nowadays, developer and stress seem to be strongly linked together. However, do we really need a minimum of stress to be effective and productive? What's stress, exactly? Should we get rid of it? I share many actionable tips to help you deal with stress in your daily work.
We have tendency to forget that being a software developer means dealing all day long with humans. Interacting with others, communicating, explaining ideas, adapting to your team members are very, very important skills. As a developer, you will have to defend your ideas to your colleague: let's see together how to do so, with respect.
This article begin by a story. A story where everybody wanted to do their best. A story where simple, innocent words are the main protagonists. A story which doesn't end well. This is the story of declaring everything as 'easy' or 'simple' without any clue whatsoever.