What David Heinemeier Hansson thinks about Psychotherapy
Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals, and creator of Omarchy.
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5 dated positions, 2023 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what David Heinemeier Hansson has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsYou don't have to go through life feeling this detached or deadened.
- 14 months earlier
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Their wordsexercise, for example, is a more effective treatment than talk therapy (and pharmaceuticals!) when dealing with such episodes
↗Building competency is better than therapyworld.hey.com 1st of 2 in this piece
- 13 days earlier
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Their wordsAnd after that I thought like, no, no, I was right. This was correct. We should not have had managers. Not every programmer needs a therapy session with an engineering manager every week.
↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474youtube.com 19th of 36 in this recording
- 8 months earlier
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Their wordsAn increase that's making people more fragile, more precious, more incapable of coping with the most basic expectations of disappointments or adversity on the job
- 11 months earlier
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Our readingPeople need a purpose to live for
Their wordsA truth he spent the rest of his life trying to teach in the form of logotherapy as a psychotherapist
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