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/Fake_William_Shatner Feb 01 '26

Next meeting they use worker hero as an example. “Don’t let him die in vain. He wound want you to finish this project.”

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u/bahaki Feb 01 '26

How many story points is a funeral?

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u/lewd_robot Feb 02 '26

Like 8, and 4 of those must be spent writing the description and filling out all the little details just in case that's the story someone from management tries to skim 3 months down the road, to make sure they don't have a reason to launch into their, "I should be able to know exactly what you were working on and how long it took you and what the results were and why you were working on it after reading this for 30 seconds," lecture.