BURN OUT
IMPOSTER SYNDROME
Burn Out
Are you burnt out? 🤔 😵
Physically & Mentally Exhausted
Tired all the time
Feel Unmotivated
Hard to please yourself
Cannot Concentrate/Focus
Grumpy / Moody
Unconfident
Not getting things done / Productivity drops
Hard to Sleep
Think about work all the time
Causes
Overwhelmed at work
Too much work / High Workload
Too much responsibility (work+life)
Toxic Environment
High expectation
Obsessed with Perfections
Pressure
or …
YOU
What We Can Do
- Always have self-awareness – "What is going on here?"
- Looking for signs / causes
- Slow your pace down
- Re-organize your routine 🏃♀️ 🚵♂️ 🎾 🧘♀️ 🏸 ⚽️
- Learn to say "no". Learn to let go.
- Split works into smaller chunks.
- Take a break in between
- Have a small celebration to yourself
- Spend less time on social medias 😇
Imposter Syndrome
also "Impostor"
Imposwhat?
Feelings of
- A fraud /A pretender
- I'm learning everything but I'm still way behind
- I actually don't know anything
- Someone will find out that I'm actually not that good
- Afraid of being caught / exposed
- I'm here because I'm lucky
- I'm not good enough
- I don't belong here
- I'm just an average developer
New work / Job
Challenges
Social
Less Experiences
You are not alone
It's OK to be average
What We Can Do
- Accept it.
- It will come and go from time to time
- Looking for signs
- Notice your physical reactions
- People are not that mean
- Keep doing / Improvise → Learn → Repeat
- Don't be afraid to talk about it
- Ask for help
- Be proud of yourself: "We brought ourselves here"