> reverse burnout
This is also known as "boreout".
(However, I can't find evidence that "boreout" is a well-known word outside Germany. So maybe it's just one of our many German inventions of pseudo-english words.)
It's a good word irregardless.
Re:How to Burn Out Programming
by nbrosnahan on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @11:12AM
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I'm gonna use it now. Question is, how do you find (and keep) a job that navigates the extremely narrow path between burnout and boreout?
Re:How to Burn Out Programming
by marcosdumay on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @01:27PM
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Why do you think it's narrow?
(Question asked by somebody that got burnedout by trying to professionalise side projects just after getting boredout by my job. I see a huge distance between those.)
Re:How to Burn Out Programming
by tight_scientist on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @10:42AM
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That perfectly describes where I currently work; definitely noticing those symptoms. I'm looking forward to leaving in two months.
If you work in a slow beauacratic environment with no stress, no accountability, no change and no challenge then you really do start to notice all of the same symptoms.