Nischal Rana on Burnout: Stop Optimizing for Your Best Days

What does it really cost to build and maintain the systems that keep public health infrastructure running—and what does that reveal about sustainable performance?In this episode, Nischal Rana, an integrations engineer for the State of Connecticut, breaks down burnout in DevOps culture. We explore the go-go grind mentality that gets normalized from day one, why optimizing for your best days is a fast track to burning out by 35, the communication skills no computer science program teaches you, and why building strong relationships will outlast even the most specialized technical skills.Raw, honest, and from someone who’s lived it on the inside.