7 Reasons why programmers burn out

And 7 ways to fix it

Ari Joury, PhD
Towards Data Science
14 min readMar 15, 2020

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Woman covering face with both hands, fingers blackened with charcoal
Burnout is extremely common among programmers. Photo by Jacqueline Day on Unsplash

WWhen Jerry started their job as a junior developer, they couldn’t wait to get to work each morning. And each evening, even after their 10-hour workdays, they’d still feel energized. Now, two years later, Jerry looks like the shadow of what they used to be. Getting out of bed is hard these days, getting to work even harder. By the end of the day, they feel exhausted and

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