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I worked for a startup that got acquired a couple years ago. The acquiring company means well but it's nowhere I would have ever applied to, if you know what I

I worked for a startup that got acquired a couple years ago. The acquiring company means well but it's nowhere I would have ever applied to, if you know what I mean. Thing is, it just wouldn't make financial sense to leave. I have to stay until I'm vested. Nowhere else would come close to making that up. I took a road trip with my family this summer, hoping it would relieve the burnout. We had a brilliant great time driving across the American Southwest. Coming back, burnout is worse. I find I care even less. I find myself avoiding major projects and looking busy. I'm nudging features and scope in ways to most minimize my effort. I worry that I'm gonna get warped and dull. What's gonna happen by the time I am fully vested?

krobertson 15y ago
I've had that happen before. Generally, I find I have two types of burn outs. One is where I am just tired of coding. With those, I focus on being productive during the day. Sometimes, work on improving my diet since I find that influences my energy level and my mood. Beyond that, will leave work at a reasonable time and just not even open my laptop at home and stay off it as much as I can on the weekends. Go out and do other stuff. The other is more around burnout on the project I'm on. With those, I try to have little personal side projects. Either some idea I had, new technology I want to try, etc. Nothing too big and crazy, but some coding I consider fun and look forward to doing. With that, I find I'm still productive during the day and have my side stuff at night, and then make it through whatever boring project phase I'm in and then looking forward to the next one.