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Mental Wellness in Tech

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HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AS A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Probably about 80 percent of software developers have faced burnout at one time. Let's be honest with each other, this is real. Imposter syndrome is one of the catalyst that propagates burnout that leads to unproductivity, if not carefully addressed leads to undone projects and sometimes depression. There are times I would go for weeks without coding, I knew I was supposed to be doing something, but was unbothered- unmoved.  Like a virus this can affect different areas of our lives. Personally it lead to procrastination, doubt about my skillset, the road ahead was blurry, things were really tuff.  Until one day I came to an awareness about what was happening. Mental Health in general is one of the complex issues that needs attention. When one is sound, they are productive, creative, innovative, work without being supervised. Although this blog post address software developers, it can also be used as reference for other