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i think being allowed to pivot into maintenance mode occasionally would help with burnout. being able to sit back and do a job that's a bit more tedious and foc
by parpfish 2y ago
i think being allowed to pivot into maintenance mode occasionally would help with burnout. being able to sit back and do a job that's a bit more tedious and focused on routine would be a nice complement to always sprinting to make something new and solve things you've never dealt with before.
- Joel_Mckay 2y agoSome companies do allow lateral movement of roles, but most have tightly-coupled process focused teams. It it one reason why the churn rate is abnormally high for techs. People can only expect 110% for so long until a team starts dropping like flies.
- parpfish 2y agoideally you'd be able to doing that without a change of roles/titles and management would be able to rotate teams into different types of work periodically
- Joel_Mckay 2y agoProject switching is also very common in larger firms with several divisions. "A change is as good as a rest" as they say... Have a great day, and I'll see you at the hot-springs friend =)