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> Burnout is caused by lack of community. As someone who suffered burnout multiple times, 'lack of community' was never the reason. If anything my caring about
by cableshaft 4y ago
> Burnout is caused by lack of community.
As someone who suffered burnout multiple times, 'lack of community' was never the reason. If anything my caring about my fellow coworkers got me putting in the overtime so things didn't slip or get behind, to the point where I got burnt out.
Like the time a transition to a different data center didn't go so well, and I worked 60 hours in three days helping the department fix all the fires that happened, including one literal 24 hour day (then four hour break, then a 20 hour day, then a 6 hour break, then a 16 hour day). There continued being various issues for months afterwards, and I ended up too tired to even look for a new job, so I was pretty stuck unless I quit (which in retrospect I should have).
But I did it because it needed to be done, I had some knowledge that helped me figure out what changes needed to be made, my department wasn't making any money without these things being fixed, my boss was a nice guy and doing most of the overtime along with me.