1. INTRODUCTION I’m writing this in the middle of a tornado of emotion, information, and desire to know more. By the time this is published – a few months from now – I expect even more will have changed. Earlier this year, very prominent people – Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain – killed themselves, and their family members attribute those deaths to the mental issues both people experienced. Ms. Spade’s family recounted how she was afraid to seek treatment for fear of how she would be viewed, resulting in a potential financial loss for her company. Mr. Bourdain’s family described how he sought treatment, but then promptly ignored it. In our own software development community, we hear stories similar to Joseph Thomas’ [1]; a man who excelled prior to working in Uber’s “intense work culture,” committing suicide a mere 6 months into his employment. Prior to Uber, “…this (was) a man who didn’t have a history of crumbling under stress,” Richard Rich...