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I'm in a lucky position where "getting burnt out" comes hand-and-hand with "being super engaged at work." Weeks can go by where I'm watching the clock, but then something holds my attention for longer than a few hours and all of a sudden it's 3am and I'm still diving deeper and I've got a meeting at 9am and my partner fell asleep waiting for me to come to bed. 😄
Honestly, because in my experience getting burnt out follows days of supreme mental engagement, frustration, and ultimately growth, I look forward to the next time. But I haven't experienced a "death march" yet, where I was forced / strongly asked to work more than I wanted, so I'm still pretty naïve.
And as a bonus, my company and colleagues don't expect you to work yourself hard enough to get to that point, and they always appreciate it when you do: hard work is not taken for granted at Tapjoy.
I'm also rather masochistic (but not in a general way, not a sexual one): when I notice myself getting burnt out, I push myself harder. I relish the feeling of discovering my limits and challenging myself to ignore them until they expand.
Probably not the healthiest behavior, honestly, but I am who I am 🤷 and I'd much rather be fatigued from pushing myself, than lethargic from not.
It's pretty selfish of me to behave this way, though: I do a disservice to my teammates by not taking care of myself. Giving my best doesn't mean giving my all, but I have trouble remembering that.
Every quarter end. Normally the rush to finish projects and the excess workload of planing the next quarter is what kills me.
To handle it I try to delegate more and focus on tasks that have dead line.
As for me, I usually do prevent myself from getting to a point of burn out by not coding during the weekends or doing some minimal coding tasks over that period and during that time I do blog on this forum to improve my technical writing skills, So far so good
Great tipp