The burnout report just got an ai line item. terminal's 2026 survey of 1,800 engineers found 42…
the burnout report just got an ai line item. terminal's 2026 survey of 1,800 engineers found 42 percent more burned out than a year ago, while 57 percent say they must ship more for the same pay.
the extra output is now the baseline.
Context
Terminal's State of Remote Engineering 2026, published Sep 24, surveyed more than 1,800 engineers. Terminal's own post says 77 percent report AI increased their capacity, 42 percent report higher burnout and 37 percent are already AI-native.
WebProNews, on Oct 6, says the report finds engineers ship more than ever.
The 1,800 engineers and the 42 percent more burned out than a year earlier match Terminal's report. That 57 percent say they must ship more for the same pay was not seen in the excerpts read, so unsupported here, not refuted. 'The report' is a vendor survey of remote engineers.
'the extra output is now the baseline' is the author's opinion.
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- Find the pay and workload question in Terminal's report.
Sources
- Terminal, Sep 24, 2026terminal.io
- WebProNews, Oct 6, 2026webpronews.com
- Terminal on LinkedIn, Sep 24, 2026linkedin.com
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 11 October 2026 at 02:39 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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