<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Burnout · Press Any Key</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/tags/burnout/</link><description>Software, systems, AI and whatever else crosses my mind. Articles, podcast, videos, tutorials and labs on architecture, cloud, DevOps and systems.</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>© 2026 Lino Figueroa</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://pressanykey.tech/en/tags/burnout/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Multi-Project Hell: On Three Teams at Once and Truly on None</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/multi-project-hell-on-three-teams-at-once-and-truly-on-none/articulo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/multi-project-hell-on-three-teams-at-once-and-truly-on-none/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>Why being spread across four or five projects at once doesn't make you more efficient — it just leaves you shallow on all of them, according to the science of context switching.</description></item><item><title>The cult of urgency: when everything was needed yesterday and tomorrow will be worse</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/the-cult-of-urgency-when-everything-was-needed-yesterday-and-tomorrow-will-be-worse/articulo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/the-cult-of-urgency-when-everything-was-needed-yesterday-and-tomorrow-will-be-worse/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>False urgency has become the default operating mode in tech companies, with a real cost in productivity and mental health.</description></item><item><title>"Senior": the title you earn by surviving, not by standing out</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/senior-the-title-you-earn-by-surviving-not-by-standing-out/articulo/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/senior-the-title-you-earn-by-surviving-not-by-standing-out/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>The 'senior' title in the tech industry is handed out far too often for tenure and chaos tolerance, not for real technical judgment.</description></item><item><title>The full-stack developer cult: lots of stack, not much depth</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/full-stack-developer-cult-lots-of-stack-not-much-depth/articulo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/full-stack-developer-cult-lots-of-stack-not-much-depth/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>Why the all-powerful full-stack myth benefits companies and coding schools, and what it costs developers in quality, career growth, and mental health.</description></item><item><title>The psychological cost of always being "up to date"</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/psychological-cost-always-up-to-date/articulo/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/psychological-cost-always-up-to-date/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>If you measure your worth against an aggregate of other people's highlights, you always lose. On tech FOMO, training burnout, and why falling a bit behind on purpose is a good idea.</description></item><item><title>A "professional hygiene" guide for developers</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/professional-hygiene-guide-developers/articulo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/professional-hygiene-guide-developers/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>It's not about productivity or 'wake up at 5 AM.' It's about how not to burn yourself out along a 25-30 year career.</description></item></channel></rss>