I'm at the two year anniversary of the time that I was so burned out that I basically had to abruptly quit, and just the anniversary of that trauma feels stressful
I want to believe that I'm much better able to deal with burnout in tech work now, particularly since reading _Burnout_ by the Nagowskis, because not understanding burnout and not properly appreciating the stress I'd been under was a large contributor to all of my past adult experiences with burnout
But, I'm not really sure
If you've been doing tech work (or similar) for a long time: What have you felt helped you prevent/mitigate burnout?
(And if you're newer to this work, do read https://www.burnoutbook.net/ It's wonderful)
@recursive For me, it feels like the danger generally comes from working for too long without seeing any positive feedback. Changing things up helps, particularly doing quick bug fixes as a break from my long term projects that won't pay out for a while.
I think having that as my main concern is a sign that my workplace is really good, in other ways. I work a sustainable number of hours, with few arbitrary barriers, on things I really do care about.
@recursive Maybe I'm weird but I take off Thursdays and work Saturdays. 2 days is more of a break than I know how to use effectively, and 5 days is more than I feel good working in a row.