The Developer's Mind & Philosophy
On burnout, anxiety, and the other battles developers fight outside of code
Evan Moon
9 chaptersBurnout, anxiety, self-consciousness, feedback, and epistemology. The kinds of problems developers run into beyond the technical work.
01
Is Data-Driven Decision Making Really Flawless?
The traps hidden behind numbers, and how not to be fooled by data
02
My Experience with Burnout, and How I Overcame It
To stop running on empty, I had to put down the whip I'd made myself
03
Facing Anxiety Head-On
Insights from organizing anxiety after bombing an interview
04
Can Honest Feedback Create Good Teamwork? - Reading Powerful
Lessons and limitations from Netflix's feedback culture
05
Question Driven Thinking — Learning by Asking Yourself Questions
A learning method more powerful than Googling: the habit of questioning
06
Can I Really Say I Know Frontend?
On the boundary between knowing and not knowing — epistemology for developers
07
Is Work Hours Really All There Is to Work-Life Balance?
Why do we see work only as an obstacle to life?
08
Can I Ever Be Free from Others' Judgment?
On escaping a life defined by evaluation and learning to live as yourself
09
What Is Good Code? On the Illusion of Readability
Breaking Free from the Obsession with Right Answers