“When I feel stressed, it’s a useful signal”. Meta’s CTO shares how he copes with workloads
Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth said he experiences severe work stress only a few times a year and uses this feeling as an indicator to review his own priorities.
Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth said he experiences severe work stress only a few times a year and uses this feeling as an indicator to review his own priorities.
The top manager said this during a question and answer session on his Instagram, Business Insider reports. According to him, the main trigger for tension is a too-tight schedule, which prevents you from focusing on strategically important tasks.
Bosworth, who heads the Reality Labs division (responsible for the metaverse and VR/AR gadgets), explained that he reduces the feeling of stress to one factor — excessive workload.
«When I start to feel stressed, it’s a useful signal for me. I ask myself: what work is really important, and if I devote time to it, everything will be fine? But how do I re-prioritize among urgent matters that are getting in the way?», — said Meta.
Bosworth highlights deep breathing, regular exercise, and spending time with family as physical ways to deal with stress. He also emphasizes the importance of talking things out, especially with his wife. Despite Meta’s recent significant downsizing and product optimization efforts, Andrew Bosworth considers his methods «quite ordinary» and helpful in keeping him productive during critical times.
The Reality Labs division, which Bosworth runs, remains one of the most financially costly for Meta Corporation, forcing management to balance the development of innovative gadgets of the future with the need to demonstrate profitability to shareholders.
It was previously reported that Meta began removing ads from Facebook and Instagram, which led lawyers to look for new plaintiffs in cases of social media addiction.
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