Re:How to Burn Out Programming
by toomuchtodo on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @01:16AM
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Imagine depression, but about your job. You try to force yourself to do the necessary tasks, and it takes enormous effort (if done at all). You may just no longer care. Feeling exhausted constantly, both physically and/or emotionally is also frequently experienced.
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I sometimes have to pull off tight deadlines that require me to go three or four days with only a couple hours of sleep each time (it's grad school, it sucks).
Burnout for me feels like the third day of that all the time. A fatigue so deep it's almost an ache. The thought of booting up your IDE feels like the equivalent of sitting through a lecture after that third day of little to no sleep. Sure, you can do it, but it just seems like such a chore.
That's burnout. It takes the things that invigorate you and turns them into chores. Then it breaks both your legs. Have fun getting your chores done.
Re:How to Burn Out Programming
by toomuchtodo on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @01:31AM
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> It takes the things that invigorate you and turns them into chores. Then it breaks both your legs. Have fun getting your chores done.
This part of your description was much better than my whole post.