Resources

Burnout and stress resources for engineering teams

Plain-English guides for engineers, managers and People teams. We link our sources and we say where the evidence runs out.

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The two-minute reset

A free guided breathing pacer based on cyclic sighing. No sign-up, no app.

 For engineers and managers

Signs of burnout in software engineers

The three dimensions of burnout, translated into what they look like on an engineering team.

 For engineering leaders

On-call burnout: what to fix first

Load limits, recovery time and the personal habits that help after a 3 a.m. page.

 For managers

How to talk to an engineer who may be burning out

What to say, what not to say and what you can change this week.

 For buyers

Do stress management workshops work?

An honest look at the research, including the findings that don't flatter programs like ours.