Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts
by fnordpiglet on Monday March 20, 2023 @02:19PM
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I’m my 35 or so years in the industry it goes through ups and downs. I look at GPT as an evolution of the IDE, which compared to 35 years ago is basically writing the code for you now. But it’s not. GPT can’t from whole cloth develop an entire system, but it can accelerate certain boring stuff that hopefully isn’t your value. The market for labor expands and contracts violently in tech. You’ll be ok. Just love what you do and do what you love, don’t let the anxiety chase you as burn out lies down that path and that’s a hole that’s impossible to fully emerge from unscarred.
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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts
by ffwacom on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @06:53AM
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How did you manage/avoid burnout over 35 years in the industry?
Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts
by fnordpiglet on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @08:34AM
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I didn’t. I was so wrapped up in my career and related things that I pushed myself into areas I don’t enjoy under pressures I couldn’t sustain. I spent at least 5, maybe more, suffering. It took a concerted effort, a lot of meditation and Buddhism, and a realization of the non existence of self and identity, before I could emerge. I still struggle a bit, if I over pressurize myself I develop flu like symptoms and have to back off for a few days. I’d suggest avoiding it.