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Discussion on: Dealing with programmer's burnout

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Muzafar Umarov

"Not being able to accomplish anything repeatedly can cause burnout."
This happened to me recently. I was solo on a project in my team. I kept on spinning wheels on fixing code to make the outcome of the code be correct. Took way too long and it just burnt me out. Later my dev lead joined me on the project and helped me out.

I try to focus on other things when I get home now. I used to code at home to learn new things. I have no interest to do that anymore. I am focusing on my other hobbies (cars, racing, etc.). It has gotten a little better, but it's going to be a long process.

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Pan Chasinga

Thanks for sharing!

I also code less now after work. Seems like it's not making me a better programmer linearly. I try to read code more and focus on understanding bigger pictures.

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Richard vK

I also thought this was interesting, burnout due to working and feeling very little accomplishment. Looking back I think that was a big factor for me recently. I also try to limit my 'work' time at home to reading only and no coding if possible.