KEYNOTE: Beyond Burnout
summary
Keynote "Beyond Burnout" claims workplaces must drop sanity as a hiring requirement and uses concrete tools — Americans with Disabilities Act guidance, EEOC recommendations and job-posting linting (Jobling) — to reshape recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, benefits and crisis response. Cited prevalence is ~25% at any time and ~50% lifetime. Built artifacts include checklists, a post‑hire interview process and formal accommodation policies, and reported outcomes are cheaper accommodations and massive productivity gains when applied. Also warns: do not call police as default crisis response.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 1:45Content warnings
- 3:04Ops best practice: reduce mental health burden
- 5:52Neurodevelopmental disorders
- 6:53Medical model vs. Neurodiversity
- 11:25Treating mental disorders can harm mental health
- 15:07Thoughts and prayers aren't scalable
- 17:06The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- 17:59Software Developer Life Cycle
- 18:11SDLC: Application
- 21:31SDLC: Interviewing
- 25:42SDLC: Compensation
- 41:38A final note on crisis
- 45:27Now a book chapter!
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