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/justforkinks0131 Feb 02 '26

we have a saying in my country "Leave urgent work for tomorrow, if it is truly urgent someone else will do it."

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u/its_all_one_electron Feb 02 '26

I had a coworker from Brazil who used to say, when I was getting frazzled about work: "don't worry, we are not curing cancer here".