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May 05 - May 11, 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 - Jun 27, 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 07 - Dec 13, 2020
Articles
Nov 02 - Nov 08, 2020
Articles
- How To Keep Your Mental Health In Check When You Work From Home - By WeWorkRemotely.
Oct 05 - Oct 11, 2020
Articles
- How To Move Your Organization From Fear To Fearlessness - By Gustavo Razzetti.
Sep 14 - Sep 20, 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 31 - Sep 06, 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 29 - Jul 05, 2020
Applications
- Wrabit – A writing app designed to help you build a daily journaling habit while contributing anonymously to mental health research.
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 09 - Mar 15, 2020
Talks
- The Mental Impact of Tech Interviews - Abstractions II (Slides) - By Zack Zlotnik.
Nov 25 - Dec 01, 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 14 - Oct 20, 2019
Talks
- Burnout And Your Meat Computer - Electromagnetic Field 2018 - By Jessica Rose.
Jul 22 - Jul 28, 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 15 - Jul 21, 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 11 - Mar 17, 2019
Articles
- A Programmers Guide To Stress - By Daragh Byrne.
- How I Beat Impostor Syndrome And Stopped Feeling Like A Fake - By Daragh Byrne.
- I Can't Do It All: My Burnout Story - By Molly Struve.
- My Mental Health Toolbelt - By Taylor Otwell.
Mar 04 - Mar 10, 2019
Articles
- Do Not Disturb - By Joe Bell.
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.
Feb 04 - Feb 10, 2019
Organizations
- SelfCare.Tech - A repository of self-care resources for developers & others.
Jan 14 - Jan 20, 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.
- It's Darkest Before Dawn: Alcoholism And Addiction In Tech - DjangoCon US 2016 - By Timothy Allen.
Jan 07 - Jan 13, 2019
Articles
Dec 03 - Dec 09, 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.
Nov 26 - Dec 02, 2018
Articles
- For The Developers With Anxiety, And Everyone Else - By Daine Mawer.
- Perfectionism, Anxiety And Learning To Be Kind To Yourself - By Jo Franchetti.
Talks
- Debugging Our Feelings: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Developers - Peers Conference 2018 - By Jamie Strachan.
Nov 12 - Nov 18, 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.
- 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 05 - Nov 11, 2018
Articles
- It's Time To Talk About Mental Illness In Indie Development - By Jessica Conditt.
Oct 29 - Nov 04, 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.
- Programmers Don't Like People...Or Do They? - Node.js Interactive 2018 - By April Wensel.
Oct 22 - 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.
- Authentic Developer - Droidcon Berlin 2018 - By Anastasia López Dornak.
- 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.
- Successful, Accomplished, Depressed: A Talk About Performance, Perfectionism, And Burnout In IT - WeAreDevelopers 2018 - By Dennis Traub.
- 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 15 - Oct 21, 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.
- Programmer Imposter Syndrome: 6 Ways To Get Over Yours - By Ethan Urie.
- Taming Anxiety And Hacking Your Way Into Productivity - By André Pena.
- Tips For Dealing With Developer Stress - By Rich McLaughlin.
- Why Burnout Is Dangerous And How You Can Recover From It (It's Possible) - By Theodora S. Abigail.
Talks
- Beyond Burnout: Mental Health And Neurodiversity In Engineering - DevOpsDays Boston 2018 - By James Meickle.
Oct 08 - Oct 14, 2018
Articles
- It's Okay To Not Be Okay - By Andrew Montagne.
- 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.
- On Dealing With Anxiety And Depression As A Developer - By Michael Scott Hertzberg.
- Software Developer Careers Considered Harmful - By Christian Grobmeier.
- The Programmer’s Great Clinical Depression - By Jason Lowenthal.
- 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.
- What Most Remote Companies Don't Tell You About Remote Work - By Amir Salihefendic.
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.
- 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.