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Burnout as a Software Engineer

Jenesh Napit on February 25, 2024

👋 Hi, this is Jenesh with this week’s post! Quick intro: I went from an Intern to an Engineering Manager in 3 years and want to help others level ...
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Mr. Linxed

This is a nice short sum-up.

It's good to be reminded occasionally to take a break and rest, you can't always be working.

I've also learned that if you're working on something you deeply love and are passionate about and that aligns with your core values, you can work for much longer stints without rest. But even then, you should rest.

So aside from taking the occasional break, make sure to also ask yourself if what you're doing is something you want to be doing.

Live is too short to be wasting it away doing stuff you don't like.

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Jenesh Napit

For sure, we trade time for money and success, but when we're too extended, that leads to burnout. Working on things you are passionate about definitely helps you stay in the game longer, but everyone has limits, and the ones who know how to stay in the game know how to take "breaks".

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Miko

The dangerous thing about burnout is that it manifests differently with every individual; In different ways, and for different reasons. Understanding when its coming, and why, is crucial to helping you find your way back out. And the longer you've been burnt out, the harder it is to heal.

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Paweł Ciosek

Thanks for the post! 👏

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MUHAMMED YILMAZ

I like when non-muslims explain Islam without using Islamic words :D

Brother, We already use what you define: WORK REST WORK REST WORK REST ...

5 time pray in a day :) ...

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Jean-Philippe

We've got to learn to automate as much as possible now. What we used to do manually takes too much time now. So the key is to take time to learn some tasks that will free us some some time.