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Re:Study finds 83% of software developers feel burnout by Verdex on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @10:48AM (#27821651)
If it turned out that teachers (and everyone else) also have an ~80% burnout rate, then that only shows a more fundamental problem. Not that anyone is being spoiled.

And it's okay if that starts by finding out that developers have a ~80% burnout rate. To be fair, you are at least correct that we should run the same study against teachers. (And really as many other people as we can find the time/money for.)

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Re:Study finds 83% of software developers feel burnout by varelaz on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @03:43PM (#27837514)
The thing is that these bare numbers say nothing without "in compare with". There should be comparison with other job types or historical at least to make certain assumptions. Also for such burnouts developers often have some type of compensation, while other jobs rather not. Compare for example developers problems with Amazon devilery service drivers problems with toilets. A lot of jobs just luck minimal comfort and compesations and hardly can complain.
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