10 January 2022 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 7 November 2022Collectively, as an industry, we seem to pride ourselves on “overwork”. We brag about how hard we work, how many late nights and weekends we spent getting something out. We brag about the sacrifices made to make something work. This is madness, because software development and system design are creative tasks. This culture of overwork is actually reducing the effectiveness of software developers: Overwork reduce the quality of our creative thinking Overwork increases the rate that we introduce errors into our work There is an upper limit for time …
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