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For me, switching teams and eventually job helped. I switched to a domain (ML) where I had little experience but for which I had a lot of interest. That said,
by Insanity 4y ago
For me, switching teams and eventually job helped. I switched to a domain (ML) where I had little experience but for which I had a lot of interest.
That said, coding for fun recovered separately from that. When I was burned out, I did not find joy in writing code for fun anymore. Through Advent Of Code, I recovered that aspect.
Today (years later), I don’t get to code at work anymore, as I’m an Engineering Manager. Partly made the switch because I was burned out on coding again. And by not doing it as part of my day job, I find myself enjoying it more after work again. I now only code things that I actually want to - without deadlines etc.
I think what I have come to understand is that it’s a cyclical thing for me. At times I really want to write code, other times I just had enough of it for some months.