Burnout

In a world of curated wins and public milestones, comparison can quietly become a metric for self-worth. This is a reflection on the trap — and how to step out of it without abandoning ambition.

Ambition can look like strength from the outside — but for many high achievers in tech, success comes with a quiet emotional weight rarely seen or acknowledged.

When productivity stops being what we do and quietly becomes who we are — a reflection on identity, self-worth, and performance culture in tech.

Burnout doesn’t always arrive as collapse. Often it comes quietly — through numbness, over-functioning, and the slow fading of joy in work that once mattered deeply.