Burnout to Breakthrough: Resilience Strategies for IT Professionals
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Burnout to Breakthrough: Resilience Strategies for IT Professionals

Resilience Strategies for IT Professionals is a practical, science-backed guide for knowledge workers facing chronic stress and emotional exhaustion. Written with a blend of personal insight and professional experience, the post explores how to recognize early warning signs of burnout—like fatigue, cynicism, and reduced effectiveness—before they take a lasting toll. Drawing on real-life examples from the tech industry, it offers proven strategies such as time-blocking for rest, setting boundaries, practicing mindfulness, and seeking mentorship or therapy. The article is especially relevant for IT professionals navigating high-pressure environments, long hours, and demanding clients. The author shares personal reflections from a near-burnout experience during the LastPass security incident and underscores the value of taking intentional breaks—like a two-week unplugged holiday—as key to recovery. This post is essential reading for developers, sysadmins, engineers, and anyone working in tech who wants to sustain performance without sacrificing well-being. With an encouraging tone and actionable advice, it helps readers shift from burnout toward a more balanced, motivated, and healthy professional life.
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Back to the Stone Age: My Visit to a Gas Station After Two Years of Driving Electric

After nearly two years of driving electric, I returned to a gas station—and it felt like stepping back into the Stone Age. From grimy pumps to noxious fumes and awkward payment lines, it made me appreciate the clean, quiet convenience of EV charging even more. In this humorous and insightful blog post, I compare the outdated experience of fueling up with the effortless world of electric mobility—and why, if we reinvented transportation today, gasoline wouldn’t stand a chance.
Mastering Criticism: A Career-Boosting Skill for Lifelong Learning
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Mastering Criticism: A Career-Boosting Skill for Lifelong Learning

Mastering the art of receiving and using criticism is a vital career skill that fosters lifelong learning and professional growth. With over 20 years in solutions consulting and more than a decade of mentoring experience, this guide offers actionable strategies, neuroscience-backed insights, and real-world leadership lessons to help individuals and teams turn feedback into forward momentum.
Posted inCan We Talk About This Please? In the News Politics & Opinion Science Matters

What if I’m wrong?

It seems that, no matter what you write on the internet, what opinion you have, you always end up in a discussion. Which is not necessarily a bad thing - I like good discussions and they can help you to better understand a certain topic or the others' point of view. Many topics though are not tangible - are based on assumptions and a certain likelihood. Two recently discussed big topics and good examples are Climate Change and COVID-19 actions. No one can tell for sure how Climate Change will happen, how quickly it will happen, how it will affect…
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List of all arguments against a general speed limit

As the discussion is currently ongoing in Germany, and I am a petrol head, I have decided to put down a list of all arguments against a general speed limit on German Autobahn. The official number of speed limited Autobahn is about 33% - realistically this is about 45% if you include temporary limits because of weather, road work, etc. - if you even include all regional roads, only 3% of all roads in Germany are unlimited. (source of numbers). Also, the German road traffic laws say that you have always drive in a way that is safe for everyone…
Posted inCan We Talk About This Please? In the News The Homeopathy Myth

Dear parents, you’re being lied to

As a geek without kids (so far), I sometimes stumble across the phenomenon in my circle of friends that some parents refuse to vaccinate their children. Honestly, I’ve never understood why—and to be fair, I never really looked deeply into it. To my surprise, it seems to be far more common than I thought. I grew up in a family and environment where getting vaccinated was simply normal. Not long ago, diseases like mumps, measles, or rubella would flare up into epidemics and claim hundreds, if not thousands, of lives. Only through vaccination were we able to bring them under…
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The BND Espionage Affair: When “Friends” Spy on Each Other

As if Edward Snowden’s revelations about large-scale NSA surveillance in Europe and Germany, and the tapping of Angela Merkel’s mobile phone, had not already been enough, the U.S. spying scandal has entered its next chapter—despite all denials from the NSA and CIA. To summarize what happened: last week a BND employee was arrested. He is accused of having sold 218 confidential BND documents over the past two years to the CIA for a total of about €25,000. The man worked in the department “Areas of Operation/Foreign Relations” and was apparently responsible for archiving documents. In that role, of course, he had access…
Posted inCan We Talk About This Please? In the News Science Matters

Misleading Graphics and the Fukushima Panic

Isn’t this graphic alarming? It’s been circulating dozens of times across social media, often used in YouTube videos as “proof” for bold claims and conspiracy theories. At first glance, it does look terrifying—the blue trail stretches across the Pacific toward Japan, supposedly originating from Fukushima. What makes the graphic appear credible is the NOAA logo (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), suggesting that it comes from an authoritative U.S. government source. But let’s pause for a moment. The first red flag is the scale on the right-hand side, which is labeled in centimeters (cm). What do centimeters have to do with radiation? The…
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Why the Pirate Party Still Matters

I usually don’t like to write anything that sounds like electioneering—but in this case, I will. For the Pirate Party. In my view, the Pirate Party is important for Germany and for its political landscape. Of course, in its current state it isn’t ready to govern a country. But especially the Berlin state faction has shown that the party can make an important contribution in parliament—and, in my opinion, also in the Bundestag. What sets them apart is their different mindset, their unconventional approach, and yes, sometimes even their lack of experience. The Pirates look at issues from a perspective that…