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Preventing burnout
for dummies
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
Thank you!
Questions??
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