Re:Burning Out and Finding Stability (2019)
by ratww on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:10PM
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That's definitely true.
The whole ordeal actually uncovered a huge issue with perfectionism I had it due to a less-than-equal upbringing.
In therapy I learned to accept it better, to the annoyance of other perfectionists. But boy oh boy if it isn't worth the quality of life.
That isn't to say you shouldn't care but it helps to remember that what you view as a giant snow covered mountain with avalanche warnings the customer/client/business sees as a minor molehill.
In part I think it's something about the programmer mindset, we like things to be correct, we like things to do exactly what we expect and so it's sand in our gears when it doesn't where in most domains that degree of certainty isn't something you can count on.
My partner works in logistics/shipping and the amount of fuckups that occur in that industry every day make the worst software I've used seem positively reliable.