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Burnout is in the Mind
- AceJohnny2 12y agoThis is... this... wow, this guy has no idea what he's talking about. "I don’t consider myself very devoted to my work, but I’ve been writing code every day for two years." Yeah, come back when you've been doing it for a decade, kid. Come back when you've been doing it as part of a team, after you've spent days solving a bug that's been preventing your stuff from working, and came from someone else who was in the same hurry you are. Come back when... I'm going to stop. This is a fluff opinion piece from someone with little experience and wrong facts (33h work-week? lol). I wish I could downvote it.
- tootie 12y agoI have done all that. Been coding for 15 years. Worked with the shittiest Enterprise IT dinosaurs. Burnout is definitely all in your head. The longer I do this, they less it bothers me. Sometimes work makes me unhappy, so I'll check out mentally and/or find a new gig. It's never affected me personally.
- gtirloni 12y agoBiased and poorly researched piece. Not sure why it was posted to HN.
- alrs 12y agoBurnout doesn't come from daily git commits, it comes from frustration and a desire to prove yourself. It's not just in your head, and jogging isn't going to fix it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnout_(psychology) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnout_(psychology)
- j_baker 12y agoI don't understand his argument. I don't think it's a stretch to suggest that burnout is a form of depression and thus burnout exists in the mind. I think the issue is that burnout is a form of depression that is caused by overwork. Overwork is not just about the number of hours worked. The causes of burnout vary drastically. http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/adult-health/in-depth/burnout/art-20046642 http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/adult-health/in-dep...
- octo_t 12y agoyeah, sure burnout is in your mind. but so is depression and other mental illnesses. Doesn't make it any less real.