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Prioritizing Health as a Software Engineer

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Kevin Naughton Jr.
Aug 02, 2024
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While Software Engineering is good for your mind, it’s rough on your body. Before anyone gets upset that I’m saying writing code is physically demanded I’ll clarify that I’m simply stating that it lends itself to a rather sedentary lifestyle.

While this seems trivial, a newly coined phrase, “sitting is the new smoking”, suggests otherwise. Studies have f…

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