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A comment on Ask HN: How do you deal with your brain not being “on?”.

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with your brain not being “on?” by nathants on Monday February 13, 2023 @05:23PM (#34781693)
it’s easy to change jobs into exactly the same job. if so, nothing actually changed.

try to find a way to work on things you’re actually interested in and excited to work on. you should wake up excited to play in the problem space.

if you are able to, be open to moving and taking a paycut if it makes it easier to access interesting problems.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with your brain not being “on?” by baremetal on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @02:47PM (#34794908)
>try to find a way to work on things you’re actually interested in and excited to work on. you should wake up excited to play in the problem space.

This is how I recovered from burnout. That and taking a few years off.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with your brain not being “on?” by sambull-airways on Friday February 17, 2023 @05:43PM (#34841649)
Did you have to explain a resume gap? How did you do it?
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