Re:The psychology of stress and burnout
by brianwawok on Friday November 18, 2016 @12:42PM
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They feel very different, but they both do add Cortisol to your bloodstream... both are similar to your body.
Which is to say... if I wanted to be the #1 code all the time coder in the world, I would not want to be training for an Ironman or something that required 15 hours of fairly high physical stress a week.
Or if I wanted to train for an Ironman, I would not also work for a startup with my hair on fire all the time.
Clearly some people do both. Investment bankers love triathlon in fact. It seems to have negative physical effects after a while though... something has to give..
Which is to say... if I wanted to be the #1 code all the time coder in the world, I would not want to be training for an Ironman or something that required 15 hours of fairly high physical stress a week.
Or if I wanted to train for an Ironman, I would not also work for a startup with my hair on fire all the time.
Clearly some people do both. Investment bankers love triathlon in fact. It seems to have negative physical effects after a while though... something has to give..