What is

burnout?

Losing passion for your work

Start feeling of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment

And doing nothing!

Physical and emotional exhaustion

Cynicism, rage and detachment

Relationship disaster (without recovery)

Why burnout?

Physical reasons

Bad habits

Highly cognitively intensive and stressful job

Soul-sucking and unrewarding work

Overload

No collaboration between teammates

Lack of respect

How to prevent burnout?

Eat well

Sleep well

Have passions outside the work

Do not overwork and stay focused

Avoid context-switching

What I do against burnout?

Dedicate 10% of time goofing around

Improve the environment

Improve notifications

Community participation and collaborations

Differentiate projects and technologies

Make sure my team's workload is divided fairly 

Availability

Improve skills

Can I save me from burnout fighting burnout everyday?

Yes! And you should do the same!

My 2 cents on burnout

There's no silver bullet

Don't stop ❤️ing yourself