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		Trasmatta on July 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Study finds 83% of software developers feel burnou... > I think most burnout is systematic, and caused by incomplete task breakdowns. As a counterpoint, I think burnout can contributed to by overly granular task breakdowns that remove individual developer creativity and autonomy.

kube-system on July 13, 2021 [–]

I definitely agree with that too -- task breakdowns should be of a high level process -- they shouldn't prescribe or presume anything about the solution.

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