You are not your roadmap. You are not your retention rate. You are a human who happens to build software. When you thrive, you have hobbies. You see your friends. You realize that the fire drill at 5 PM on Friday is almost never a real fire.
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4/5: Burnout is the enemy of good product. If you want to thrive long-term, you must build boundaries. You cannot build a great product on the back of a exhausted mind. You are not your roadmap
Tools like Grain or Otter.ai record customer calls and surface themes. Use sentiment analysis on support tickets. Create a shared Slack channel called #user-voices where anyone in the company drops a quote, a bug, or a delight. When you thrive, you have hobbies