HOW TO BURNOUT A SOFTWARE ENGINEER, IN 3 EASY STEPS

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Burnout isn't always caused by working long hours. Often, it's caused by deeper issues during engineering. This author tells two stories about burning out in the same way at both a startup and a big tech company. The burnout was caused by micromanagement, a lack of trust in engineers, the introduction of unnecessary processes, not shipping code to customers, and overpromising.