The Exhausted Programmer
How I prevent mental and physical fatigue
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6 min readFeb 6, 2020
At my first programming job, I worked at a very early stage startup. It was one other person and me. We met at a library in the suburbs of Paris at opening hours and stayed there until 8 pm, or sometimes until it closed. I was young and full of energy — I enjoyed the challenge and was motivated to work overtime.