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May 03, 2025
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- Burnout and recovery
- Depression and anxiety in remote work
- Mindfulness and stress reduction
- Imposter syndrome and self-doubt
- Building psychologically safe engineering cultures
Applications
- Calm – Provides guided meditations, sleep stories, and breathing exercises to help reduce anxiety and improve sleep quality.
- Cope Notes – Sends daily text messages with positive thoughts, exercises, and journaling prompts to help combat depression and anxiety. Content is reviewed by mental health professionals.
- EmoBay – An AI-driven digital mental health platform offering 24/7 conversational support, mood tracking, and crisis-response guidance via a chatbot interface.
- eQuoo – A game-based app that teaches psychological skills to improve emotional fitness and resilience through interactive storytelling.
- Happify – Offers science-based activities and games designed to reduce stress, overcome negative thoughts, and build resilience.
- Headspace – A meditation and mindfulness app offering guided sessions, sleep aids, and stress-reduction techniques. Backed by clinical research and widely used in workplace wellness programs.
- MindShift CBT – Designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety using CBT strategies, including relaxation exercises and thought journals.
- PTSD Coach – Developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, this app provides education about PTSD, self-assessment tools, and resources for managing symptoms.
- Woebot – A mental health chatbot that delivers daily emotional support using principles from CBT, helping users track moods and develop coping strategies.
- Wysa – An AI-powered chatbot that uses evidence-based techniques like CBT and mindfulness to support users in managing stress, anxiety, and depression.
- Youper – An AI-powered emotional health assistant that guides you through conversations and activities based on psychological techniques.
Books
- Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley - By Emily Chang. A revealing investigation into sexism and exclusion in tech culture—and the toll it takes on women’s mental health.
- Building a Startup Without Going Crazy - By Leen de Bruyne. A set of 100 short lessons from a founder who burned out and recovered, offering advice for staying sane while launching a company.
- Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind - By Andy Dunn. A gripping memoir by the co-founder of Bonobos about living with bipolar disorder while building a startup.
- Code Review Anxiety Workbook - By Developer Success Lab. A free, research-backed workbook to help developers manage fear, stress, and criticism around code reviews.
- Developers and Depression - By Greg Baugues. A candid collection of essays and talks exploring bipolar disorder, ADHD, and mental illness in the developer community.
- Imposter Syndrome (No CS Degree) - Compiled by Pete. Insights from over 30 self-taught developers about overcoming imposter syndrome and thriving in the tech world without a computer science degree.
- It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work - By Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. A manifesto for calm work culture from the Basecamp founders, arguing against hustle culture and burnout.
- Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams - By Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister. An influential text on the human factors of software development, advocating for healthier team environments and better work-life balance.
- Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency - By Tom DeMarco. A classic book on the importance of “slack” in developer workflows, highlighting the dangers of overwork and the need for creative space.
Conferences
- Behavioral Health Tech - The leading conference on innovation in behavioral health and technology. Brings together tech companies, healthcare providers, and developers working on mental health platforms and services.
- Heartifacts - A people-focused tech conference centered around mental health, communication, and inclusion in the software industry. Designed to foster open conversations about burnout, stress, and psychological safety.
- Mental Health America Annual Conference - A broad conference addressing national mental health issues, with tech-related tracks exploring innovation in digital mental health, privacy, and accessibility in mental health tech.
Meetups
- Berlin Mental Health Support Group - A peer support circle for tech professionals and others navigating mental health challenges. Offers regular “Soundness Check” sessions in a safe, non-judgmental space.
- Thought Tech - Based in New York City, this group brings together technologists and innovators to explore the intersection of mental health and tech through open discussions and guest speakers.
- Wellness for People in Tech - A Silicon Valley meetup helping IT professionals manage stress and avoid burnout. Hosts wellness-focused workshops on self-care, work-life balance, and mental resilience.
Podcasts
- Destigmatizing Mental Health in the Tech Industry – On Hanselminutes (Ep. 728). Scott Hanselman interviews Dr. Jennifer Akullian about breaking the stigma around therapy, stress, and emotional struggles in the software industry.
- Mental Health in Tech – Hosted by Schalk Neethling and Schalk Venter. A monthly podcast sharing real stories from developers about mental health, burnout, vulnerability, and resilience in tech.
- Soft Skills Engineering – Hosted by Jamison Dance and Dave Smith. A humorous advice show for developers tackling topics like burnout, imposter syndrome, performance anxiety, and career balance.
- Valarie Regas’s Story – On Software Developer’s Journey. A heartfelt episode where Valarie discusses her experience with depression, anxiety, and the need for empathy in tech workplaces.
Jun 21, 2021
Articles
- Beating Burnout: A Guide For Supporting Mental Health At Work - By Almanac Core.
- How To Prevent Or Recover From Developer Burnout - By Anastasia.
Dec 06, 2020
Articles
Oct 26, 2020
Articles
- How To Keep Your Mental Health In Check When You Work From Home - By WeWorkRemotely.
Sep 30, 2020
Articles
- How To Move Your Organization From Fear To Fearlessness - By Gustavo Razzetti.
Sep 10, 2020
Applications
- Moodpath – An interactive mental health journal that helps you reflect on your emotional well-being, screen for symptoms of depression, and access helpful resources. Developed with input from clinical psychologists.
- Wake Up Time – A web-based tool that calculates optimal wake-up times based on 90-minute sleep cycles, helping users feel more rested and in sync with natural rhythms.
Aug 25, 2020
Applications
- Nyxo – An open-source sleep tracking and coaching app for iOS and Android. It offers personalized sleep insights and education to help you develop healthier sleep habits.
- Sanvello – Provides daily tools to manage stress, anxiety, and depression using techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and mood tracking. Includes access to peer communities and therapy options.
Jun 26, 2020
Applications
- Wrabit – A writing app designed to help you build a daily journaling habit while contributing anonymously to mental health research.
Jun 22, 2020
Organizations
- Black Minds Matter - A non-profit organisation that aims to empower communities of Black people aged 13- 25, and wants to make more equal and just society for all.
- Black Therapists Rock - Black Therapists Rock (BTR) is an organization committed to increasing awareness of social and psychological challenges impacting vulnerable communities.
- The Black, African, and Asian Therapy Network - The UK’s largest independent organisation to specialise in working psychologically, informed by an understanding of intersectionality, with people who identify as Black, African, South Asian and Caribbean.
Mar 07, 2020
Talks
- The Mental Impact of Tech Interviews - Abstractions II (Slides) - By Zack Zlotnik.
Nov 24, 2019
Applications
- Quirk – A free, open-source CBT app that helps you identify and reframe distorted thoughts. It’s a lightweight, privacy-focused tool designed to help users develop healthier thinking patterns.
Oct 07, 2019
Talks
- Burnout And Your Meat Computer - Electromagnetic Field 2018 - By Jessica Rose.
Jul 19, 2019
Applications
- we are ANXIO.us – A thoughtfully curated collection of digital wellness tools, mental health apps, and community resources designed to support people living with anxiety.
Articles
- Encouraging Wellness in a Remote Workpalce - By Desi Rottman.
Jul 09, 2019
Applications
- Three Good Things – A simple gratitude journaling app based on positive psychology research. Encourages users to reflect on three positive moments each day to build emotional resilience.
Articles
- Coding, Fast And Slow: Developers And The Psychology Of Overconfidence - By Dan Milstein.
- Intro To Meditation For Coders - By Abe Dolinger.
Mar 06, 2019
Articles
- A Programmers Guide To Stress - By Daragh Byrne.
- How I Beat Impostor Syndrome And Stopped Feeling Like A Fake - By Daragh Byrne.
Mar 05, 2019
Articles
- I Can't Do It All: My Burnout Story - By Molly Struve.
Mar 04, 2019
Articles
- My Mental Health Toolbelt - By Taylor Otwell.
Mar 03, 2019
Organizations
- IfMe - Community for mental health experiences that encourages people to share their personal stories with trusted allies.
- Mental Health Hackers - An Organization that aims at providing support services to those who may be susceptible to related mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, social isolation, eating disorders, etc.
Talks
- Modern Mindfulness - Hey! 2016 - By Joe Bell.
Mar 01, 2019
Articles
- Do Not Disturb - By Joe Bell.
Jan 31, 2019
Organizations
- SelfCare.Tech - A repository of self-care resources for developers & others.
Jan 09, 2019
Articles
- Recovering From Burnout - By Kieran Tie.
Books
- Mental Health In Tech: Guidelines For Employees - By OSMI. A practical guide for employees navigating mental health at work, covering legal rights, accommodations, and how to advocate for wellness in the workplace.
- Mental Health In Tech: Guidelines For Executives And HR Professionals - By OSMI. A resource for company leaders on creating supportive environments, complying with legal obligations, and fostering inclusive mental health policies in tech teams.
Talks
- Emotional Intelligence For Engineers - ngAtlanta 2018 - By April Wensel.
Jan 08, 2019
Talks
- It's Darkest Before Dawn: Alcoholism And Addiction In Tech - DjangoCon US 2016 - By Timothy Allen.
Jan 03, 2019
Articles
Dec 05, 2018
Conferences
- Computing And Mental Health - A multidisciplinary gathering focused on how digital tools and computing technologies can support and enhance mental well-being. Hosted by the MIT Media Lab.
Talks
- Developers, Entrepreneurs And Depression - Business Of Software 2015 - By Greg Baugues.
Dec 01, 2018
Articles
- Perfectionism, Anxiety And Learning To Be Kind To Yourself - By Jo Franchetti.
Nov 27, 2018
Articles
- For The Developers With Anxiety, And Everyone Else - By Daine Mawer.
Talks
- Debugging Our Feelings: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Developers - Peers Conference 2018 - By Jamie Strachan.
Nov 16, 2018
Articles
- Are You More Than Okay: The State Of Mental Health In Tech In 2016 - By Julia Nguyen.
Books
- Mental Health In Tech: Guidelines For Mental Wellness In The Workplace - By OSMI. A comprehensive handbook for building mentally healthy workplaces in tech, covering strategies, policy examples, and case studies.
Organizations
- Brown Sisters Speak - Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy for Women Of Color.
- Everybody Has A Brain - Everybody Has A Brain is about creating opportunities for dialogue around personal mental health.
Nov 12, 2018
Organizations
- Mental Health Knowledge Base - GitHub-based project and website that encourages a diversity of views regarding mental health.
Podcasts
- Emotional Intelligence And Ethics In Tech – By April Wensel on the Happy Porch podcast. A conversation about compassionate coding and building emotionally intelligent engineering cultures.
Nov 07, 2018
Articles
- It's Time To Talk About Mental Illness In Indie Development - By Jessica Conditt.
Nov 03, 2018
Articles
- Developers: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome - By Abhishek Pillai.
- Why Do Software Developers Suffer From Imposter Syndrome? - By Muhammed Rajeef M K.
Talks
- A Conversation About Mental Health In Tech - Distill 2014 - By Ed Finkler, Greg Baugues, John Dalton & Paddy Foran.
Oct 31, 2018
Talks
- Programmers Don't Like People...Or Do They? - Node.js Interactive 2018 - By April Wensel.
Oct 28, 2018
Articles
- Sorry, Not Sorry - How To Advocate For Your Mental Health At Work - By Jessica DiVento.
Organizations
- Compassionate Coding - Compassionate Coding combines the effective practices of agile software development with a focus on empathy and the latest in positive organizational psychology.
- Hack Mental Health - The intersection of mental health and technology.
Talks
- Advocating For Mental Health At Work - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Dr. Jessica DiVento.
- Anxiety & Calm Technology - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Amber Case.
- Cultivating Compassionate Tech Communities - AnxietyTech 2018 - By April Wensel.
- Fight Tech With Tech - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Pamela Fox.
- Getting Therapy To Those Who Need It Most - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Shawn Kernes.
- Hacking With My Anxiety - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Bryan Hughes.
- Living With Bipolar Disorder As A Software Engineer - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Jenna Quindica.
- Self Care: Avoiding Burnout - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Shemika Lamare.
- The Evolution Of VR Therapy - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Skip Rizzo.
- VR Mental Health Startup: Idea To Reality - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Jonathan Sockell.
- Why We Need Innovation In Mental Health Tech - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Solome Tibebu.
Oct 27, 2018
Talks
- Authentic Developer - Droidcon Berlin 2018 - By Anastasia López Dornak.
Oct 22, 2018
Talks
- Successful, Accomplished, Depressed: A Talk About Performance, Perfectionism, And Burnout In IT - WeAreDevelopers 2018 - By Dennis Traub.
Oct 21, 2018
Articles
- Programmer Imposter Syndrome: 6 Ways To Get Over Yours - By Ethan Urie.
Oct 17, 2018
Articles
- Developer Depression: Isolation Is The Biggest Problem - By Lauren Maffeo.
- How I Conquered Anxiety And Learned To LOVE Coding - By Joyce Akiko.
- How I Fought Through Anxiety And Depression To Finish freeCodeCamp's Front End Dev Program - By Emily Aamodt.
- Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety Of Software Engineers Using Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy - By Merve Denizci Nazligul, Murat Yilmaz, Ulas Gulec, Mert Ali Gozcu, Rory V. O'Connor & Paul Clarke.
- Taming Anxiety And Hacking Your Way Into Productivity - By André Pena.
- Tips For Dealing With Developer Stress - By Rich McLaughlin.
Talks
- Beyond Burnout: Mental Health And Neurodiversity In Engineering - DevOpsDays Boston 2018 - By James Meickle.
Oct 15, 2018
Articles
- Why Burnout Is Dangerous And How You Can Recover From It (It's Possible) - By Theodora S. Abigail.
Oct 13, 2018
Articles
- The Programmer’s Great Clinical Depression - By Jason Lowenthal.
Oct 12, 2018
Articles
- It's Time To Talk About Mental Health In The Games Industry - By Rich Eddy.
- Mental Illness In The Web Industry - By Brandon Gregory.
- Mental Self Care For Software Developers And Web Designers - By B.J. Keeton.
- Software Developer Careers Considered Harmful - By Christian Grobmeier.
- Tips To Maintain Your Mental Health As A Software Developer - By Steven To.
- We Need To Talk About Developers And Depression - By Greg Baugues.
- What Happens When Software Developers Are (un)Happy - By Daniel Graziotin, Fabian Fagerholm, Xiaofeng Wang & Pekka Abrahamssone.
Talks
- Hitting The Wall And How To Get Up Again - Tackling Burnout And Strategies For Self Care - PyCon Australia 2016 - By Jackson Fairchild.
- Howto: Not Get A Burnout - PowerShell Conference EU 2018 - By Jeff Wouters.
- Imposter Syndrome - PyCon Australia 2016 - By Bianca Gibson.
- Looking After Your Mental Health, A Guide For Software Developers - PHP Yorkshire 2018 - By Mark Railton.
- Mental Health In Development - PyCon Australia 2016 - By Eloise Macdonald-Meyer.
- Stress & Depression, A Taboo In Our Time - GOTO 2017 - By Gitte Klitgaard.
Oct 11, 2018
Articles
- What Most Remote Companies Don't Tell You About Remote Work - By Amir Salihefendic.
Oct 10, 2018
Articles
- It's Okay To Not Be Okay - By Andrew Montagne.
- On Dealing With Anxiety And Depression As A Developer - By Michael Scott Hertzberg.
Organizations
- MHPrompt - Let's start a conversation about mental health in tech.
- OSMI - Open Sourcing Mental Illness is a non-profit, corporation dedicated to raising awareness, educating, and providing resources to support mental wellness in the tech and open source communities.
Talks
- Developers And Depression - Codeland NYC 2017 - By Greg Baugues.