Re:The Burnout Society
by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @05:26AM
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I’m a bit “on the spectrum.”
That means that, while writing code, I can go into what I term a “fugue state.” Hours can pass, and I barely notice.
This has one fairly visible artifact: My GH Activity Graph is almost solid green.
When I come out of this state, I am done. Totally exhausted. Not sore, like I was working out, but definitely physically tired.
I sleep well, those nights.
Re:The Burnout Society
by myth_drannon on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @08:29AM
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What's GH?
Re:The Burnout Society
by blitz_skull on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @09:30AM
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I'm guessing "GitHub" given the context of the green activity graph.
Re:The Burnout Society
by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @09:35AM
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Bingo.
I apologize for the acronym. I thought it was common terminology.
Guessing the quality of (some of) the threads here attract non-software workers and flaneurs, probably in surprising numbers. I thought GH meant Ghislaine Hackswell :-)
I do sometimes like to be called a flaneur. Thanks.
Re:The Burnout Society
by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @10:35AM
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Is that like a lurkeur?
"High mental activity guided by will power" sounds like a fantastic foundation for any role and my ideal.
There is a place for manual labour (been there, done that), and both can work.
People are burned out due to understaffing and/or misallocation of resources.
This is intensely acute for some right now due to the chips falling back down to earth while people adjust to pre-post-pandemic.