There’s no shortage of articles about the mental health of developers, ranging from personal accounts of harrowing work experiences to round-ups of advice on how to preserve healthy work habits. But what working situations trigger things like stress, anxiety, burnout, and depression? Victor Ayomipo shares his personal triggers and how he manages them.

Answer (1 of 7): Anxiety is a normal human response to being stressed. Exactly what stresses a person is particular to that person. Software engineering is not always a low stress job. Some places make it high stress with unrealistic requirement or difficult challenging problems that are specific...

In my close to 15 years worth of experience working in different spheres of IT industry I’ve come to realize that: 1. There is only one person interested in your well-being – that is you.