Fictional coping card
Side project joy
No Jira. No sprints. No stakeholders. Just you and code that makes you happy.
The scenario
When the corporate machine grinds your spirit into dust, you retreat to a private digital sanctuary. This card represents the pure, unadulterated joy of coding without the tyranny of stakeholders or sprint deadlines.
How it plays
As a personal category coping card, playing Side project joy reduces your current burnout level by 11 points. It offers a temporary reprieve from the sprint grind by letting you code for yourself alone.
Why it feels familiar
That fleeting moment when you write a script just to automate a boring task, and for five minutes, you remember why you became a developer in the first place.
This coping card reduces the burnout meter by 11. Its category is personal.