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Have you tried taking a long break (months, not days/weeks) or did you dial back the hours and keep going? I've burned out a couple of times and the fix was to
by sanitycheck 4y ago
Have you tried taking a long break (months, not days/weeks) or did you dial back the hours and keep going?
I've burned out a couple of times and the fix was to stop working and do other things (e.g. travel, music, photography, pottery, sport) until I naturally drifted back to coding. Obviously not an option for a lot of people, but with 14 years of experience maybe you have money in the bank.
Finding enjoyment in work feels like a slightly different topic, I try to find some sort of interesting technical challenge or new learning opportunity in every project - though not just adding unnecessary stuff for the sake of it, of course. I kind of disagree with people who say "get a meaningful job", there aren't nearly enough of those to go around. Redefine "meaningful" instead.