# Foojay Podcast #61: Keep Your Body And Mind Healthy

> At Devoxx and JFall, we talked with several people about staying physically and mentally healthy as software developers.

- URL: https://foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-61/
- Published: 2024-11-18
- Authors: Frank Delporte, Rijo Sam, Tom Cools
- Categories: Podcast


At Devoxx and JFall, we talked with Georgios Diamantopoulos, Lutske de Leeuw, Tom Cools, Jessica Siewert, and Rijo Sam about staying physically and mentally healthy as software developers.

There are many topics to handle, like the impact of AI on how valuable we feel, how COVID-19 impacted careers, how we work in and with remote teams, how to get to know new colleagues and much more. Yes, there is even a sidestep where we compared the Java and .NET communities.

## Video

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## Guests

### Georgios Diamantopoulos

* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiosd/>
* <https://x.com/georgiosd>

### Tom Cools

* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-cools-17547548/>
* <https://bsky.app/profile/tcoolsit.bsky.social>

### Lutske de Leeuw

* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutske/>

### Jessica Siewert

* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesiewert/>

### Rijo Sam

* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rijosam19/>
* <https://github.com/Rijosam>

## Content

00:00 Introduction of topic and guests

00:48 **Georgios Diamantopoulos** about the impact of your work on your body  

05:22 Comparing Java to .NET community

06:54 **Lutske de Leeuw** about the impact of AI on our job  

09:13 Impact of Covid and working from home  

10:48 Talk with your colleagues about mental issues

12:06 **Tom Cools** about switching jobs  

13:00 About the danger of a burnout, dealing with stress, and trying too much at the same time  

17:08 How to deal with Impostor Syndrom

20:31 **Jessica Siewert** about dealing with conflicts within a team  

22:50 How to get in contact with new people

24:58 **Rijo Sam** about working in and with remote teams  

26:34 Schedule "coffee moments"!  

30:54 Impact of time zone differences  

33:02 Misunderstanding each other because of cultural differences  

34:44 The danger of text chat versus having a voice chat  

37:04 Avoid team burnout!

37:43 Conclusion