A Programmer's Guide to Mental Health.pdf
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This document provides guidance for programmers on maintaining mental health. It discusses common issues programmers face such as imposter syndrome when starting a new job. It then provides several recommendations for preventing burnout such as keeping a list of accomplishments, setting goals for meetings, defining core working hours, and maintaining social connections. The overall goal is to help programmers build self-care routines and strategies to improve their work and mental wellbeing incrementally each day.
A Programmer's Guide to Mental Health.pdf
- 1. A Programmers Guide to Mental Health Raymond Chung
- 2. Im Raymond Chung Pronouns: He/Him Technical Educator @ Shopify Follow me on Twitter @rchung95
- 4. Note: This is an anecdote, and not a suggestion or prescription on managing mental health.
- 5. It was my 鍖rst job I didnt want to be exposed as a fraud I was too hard on myself Feeling the imposter syndrome
- 6. Burnout
- 7. 1. Keep a win list!
- 8. 2. Give yourself positive af鍖rmations!
- 9. 3. Set talking points with your lead or interns for 1:1s
- 10. What do you want to talk about in this 1:1? What are the next steps? 1:1 Template
- 11. What do you want to pair on today? Who is driving today? You? Me? Both? Pairing template
- 12. Feeling stressed Feeling like you failed Dissatis鍖ed with the work you are doing Lacking self-care Signs of burnout
- 13. 4. De鍖ne your core working hours
- 14. 5. Organize your day with a set agenda
- 15. 6. Get 1% better each day
- 16. 1. I checked that all tests pass 2. The code written has enough test coverage 3. The style guide has been followed and run 4. I provided context on my pull request which reviewers may not have Routine
- 17. 7. Keep a social chat going!
- 18. 18 Thanks!