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Took > a month off after being burned out by a previous corp. It did wonders for my mental health and gave me time to learn a lot of fun stuff. I already had

Took > a month off after being burned out by a previous corp. It did wonders for my mental health and gave me time to learn a lot of fun stuff. I already had a new job lined up, but I highly recommend saving up a bit of cash reserves to do this. During this time I also moved to a new state, signed up for sailing classes and read several technical books. Way better than sitting in useless meetings and not growing (again, if you can afford it, do it)

joeman1000 4y ago
Sounds cool! What did you read?
- rschachte 4y ago
  Distributed Services in Go was incredible and hands on. I read Network programming in Go as well along with The Go Programming Language. Less technical I read Pragmatic Thinking by Andy Hunt I believe the name was, which was cool to get inspired in how to organize my thoughts as an engineer. I also read some fiction - old man and the sea.
humourl3ss 4y ago
I am doing the same thing, work felt pointless, just like you I was sitting in useless meetings and not growing, remote working made it worse. I got so depressed and stressed for nothing. Now I've been off for two months doing all sorts of fun coding stuff, and I feel like a new man. Too many big corps hiring developers for no reason, too many bullsh*t jobs (RIP David Graeber) that stifle our ability to enjoy life. We may get paid really well but for some reason, attending useless meetings and reacting to slack notifications and outlook pings kill my energy.
- memonkey 4y ago
  This resonates with me. Waiting for people to message me. I have had so many issues trying to figure this one out. Zoom fatigue, slack fatigue, etc., etc. Maybe that's all it is just killing my energy.
glitchcrab 4y ago
What do you sail? I've been sailing since I was 10 and I've been teaching dinghy sailing for 17 years now (weekend volunteer gig, not my main job)
- rschachte 4y ago
  That’s awesome! I haven’t started yet, just signed up! Super excited

joeman1000 4y ago

Sounds cool! What did you read?

rschachte 4y ago
Distributed Services in Go was incredible and hands on. I read Network programming in Go as well along with The Go Programming Language. Less technical I read Pragmatic Thinking by Andy Hunt I believe the name was, which was cool to get inspired in how to organize my thoughts as an engineer. I also read some fiction - old man and the sea.

humourl3ss 4y ago

I am doing the same thing, work felt pointless, just like you I was sitting in useless meetings and not growing, remote working made it worse. I got so depressed and stressed for nothing. Now I've been off for two months doing all sorts of fun coding stuff, and I feel like a new man. Too many big corps hiring developers for no reason, too many bullsh*t jobs (RIP David Graeber) that stifle our ability to enjoy life. We may get paid really well but for some reason, attending useless meetings and reacting to slack notifications and outlook pings kill my energy.

memonkey 4y ago
This resonates with me. Waiting for people to message me. I have had so many issues trying to figure this one out. Zoom fatigue, slack fatigue, etc., etc. Maybe that's all it is just killing my energy.

glitchcrab 4y ago

What do you sail? I've been sailing since I was 10 and I've been teaching dinghy sailing for 17 years now (weekend volunteer gig, not my main job)

rschachte 4y ago
That’s awesome! I haven’t started yet, just signed up! Super excited