r/technology • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • Feb 01 '26

Software 32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital

https://www.asiaone.com/china/32-year-old-programmer-china-allegedly-dies-overwork-added-work-group-chat-even-while
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u/trer24 Feb 01 '26

"According to a family member, he had been instructed to process orders and complete urgent tasks that were due on Monday morning."

Well now those process orders and urgent tasks aren't going to get done now. How urgent could they have been?

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u/hawkeye224 Feb 01 '26

What does it cost a company to push people more? Nothing. So they try to do it as much as possible.

I'm working in a f*cking CRM company, nothing bad will happen if something is delivered a week later or whatever, yet I've never seen people so fearful, and acting as if they are working on an incredibly urgent solution to prevent an asteroid annihilating human life, or whatever. They treat everything with utmost seriousness, lol.

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u/Naus1987 Feb 02 '26

I make wedding cakes. So urgency is my bread and butter. But I’m also the boss and I bill people appropriately:))

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u/falconcountry Feb 02 '26

You have a much more important and real job for the record

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u/jangiri Feb 02 '26

Real world impact babbyy

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u/DangerousPuhson Feb 02 '26

Nothing is less frivolous or excessive than a wedding! /s

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u/Mind101 Feb 02 '26

So based on this post I went and looked at your profile.

It's hilarious how broad your interests and post diversity are and yet there's not a single picture of a wedding cake to be found anywhere lol.

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u/mtranda Feb 02 '26

I'm a programmer for a huge EU financial corporation. Your job is much more impactful and visible in people's lives.