Burnout: it’s the silent background process eating up all your system resources—and most of us don’t even realize it’s running until we crash. In this episode, we finally hit Ctrl + Alt + Del on a topic developers don’t talk about enough.

Join Kadi McKean and Steve Poole as they speak with Java Champion Trisha Gee about what burnout really looks like in tech, how it sneaks up on even the most seasoned engineers, and why working harder isn’t the fix. With personal stories, hard-won lessons, and a bit of dark dev humor, we’re breaking the stigma and showing you how to recognize the signs before your internal debugger fails.

Whether you’re running on fumes or want to protect your future self, this episode is the therapy session you didn’t know you needed.