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The forces behind burnout don't decrease just by operating as a senior.
by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
The forces behind burnout don't decrease just by operating as a senior.
- thehappypm 5y agoMy point is that seniority implies a certain level of professionalism. If you're getting burned out you're not at that level.
- gwbas1c 5y agoMany things contribute to burnout, including poor team fit. Sometimes circumstances mean that a professional needs to take a chance on a job; other times circumstances evolve beyond what a job appeared to be.
- throwawaycuriou 5y agoI infer that you mean that a senior professional is more adept at mitigating the effects of burnout. While that may often correlate, I don't think it follows that someone is less professional or at an insufficient level if they are suffering from burnout. Many times the factors at play exist within an organization regardless of how one member performs.
- Teever 5y agoThe extension of your worldview is that a General in the military can't get PTSD because they're so professional.
- thehappypm 5y agoI think if a general had bad enough PTSD that it was negatively impacting their day-to-day job performance they would be demoted from being a general.
- geofft 5y agoI don't think that burnout is a function of seniority or lack thereof.
- SgtBastard 5y agoPerhaps consider that a "Senior" Product Manager at a mid-size company doesn't have the same perspectives of actual engineers at much larger companies.