[amelius]

Addiction. From the endless edit-compile-test cycles.

Dopamine circuits go completely berserk.

[sethammons]

I recently changed over to management after being a principal engineer. I miss my regular dopamine hits. Now feedback can take weeks, months, or longer. It is a change for sure.

[Rezwoodly]

That's the the good stuff right there though.

[amelius]

Addiction, by definition, causes problems in other areas.

[meken]

Anything, in excess.

But, it seems that winning in life is figuring out how to get healthy addictions (to work, exercising, good diet, helping other people).