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Discussion on: Handling burnouts as a developer!

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Brian

Trying to create pomodoro timers, remembering to take breaks and basically forcing yourself to prevent burnout is stressful activities that will get you to burnout quicker...
Well, that has been my experience.
25min pomodoro clock is not enough to readup on /docs page and still practice this new skill. I found myself always had to refer back what I read in da last 25min b4 da break.

What works for me is being alive. Being a brother, father, techie, husband and the likes.
I dont have to force myself to take a break when its time to fetch da kids from school.
Or being a husband n give my wife a break cooking...
The result is the same as staying away from screens or social media, or taking a break at irregular intervals. You still get to take a break, do something that nt coding, BUT its not forceful.

Developers turn to live around their laptop...

So take dat invite for drinks from ur sister/friend even if its da night b4 deadline. If u require 12hours to finish it, you probably not going to complete it anyway, or you going to produce something you nt happy abt and have to refactor it later.