The Twelve Stages of IT Burnout

The twelve stages of IT folk's burnout Stage 0: You strongly desire to prove your IT/coding skills. Step 1: But you are starting to feel stressed with uncertainty in the IT sector. Step 2: Now you are pretending everything is fine and dandy. Step 3: You start losing confidence and need help to focus on simple tasks. Step 4: You are feeling frustrated with work. Step 5: You are no longer finding joy in your work. Step 6: You feel like your work needs more purpose. Step 7: Your work quality suffers & creative side is now in /dev/null. Step 8: You feel entirely disconnected from social and work life. Step 9: You feel empty and numb inside. The risk of substance abuse is now real. Step 10: You feel hopeless and feel helpless. You are depressed. Step 11: You are mentally and physically collapsed, entirely burned out.

A text-based infographic lists twelve stages of IT workers’ burnout, from wanting to prove coding skills to total mental and physical collapse. The joke is the escalating progression, using programming language such as “/dev/null” to describe creativity disappearing and turning workplace stress into a familiar developer reaction meme.

• @gentoomemes / 2891 2023-03-09