1. Health and Developer Productivity
Unhappy and unhealthy developers progress much slower in the long run and struggle to produce quality work compared to healthy, balanced peers.
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2. Physical Health Risks and Routine
Sedentary developer lifestyles pose high risks for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, which can be mitigated by maintaining a strict rule of exercising at least three times a week, getting enough sleep, and eating a balanced diet.
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if you're not healthy, it's hard to be happy. And if you're not happy, it's hard to do quality work. So if I get a non-happy, unhealthy developer, they would progress a lot slower in the long run than the healthy, balanced, happy developer. So you cannot discount the future, you cannot ignore your health because it will catch up. As developers, we don't move a lot. So, cardiovascular disease like and diabetes are a huge risk.
I want you to have a very strict rule of exercising at least three times a week and making sure you get enough sleep. Just make sure you have a balanced diet. Don't obsess over it. And by the way, right now after finishing this video, I'm going to go for a quick boxing session and hit the gym a bit and swim a bit.