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What the Duck?🦆 The Hidden Crisis in Tech

on YouTube 19m
Talkat JCON EUROPE 2026 · 2026-04-20..04-23· [soft-skills, diversity-and-inclusion]

speaker

name:Aicha Laafia
bluesky:aichalaafia.bsky.social

resources

video:https://youtu.be/cXVZL0RrQd4
slides:none on file

summary

Tech teams present calm while many are exhausted and anxious underneath, and the talk names numbers: 73% burnout among full‑time IT, 1 in 3 developers want to quit, and 67% hide mental health struggles with 58% reporting impostor feelings. Signs are constant exhaustion, sleepless debugging, avoidance of help and perfectionism. Practical fixes focus on concrete actions: celebrate small wins, ask for help, take guilt‑free time off, and for employers provide real mental‑health resources, enforce boundaries, and Done is better than perfect.

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chapters (8)

  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 1:16Duck syndrome explained
  3. 3:00Signs of the duck syndrome
  4. 6:31Causes behind the crisis
  5. 9:39Solutions for individuals
  6. 13:10Solutions for managers
  7. 15:37Recap and call to action
  8. 17:04Q&A

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