April 11th, 2018 ×
Preventing and Dealing with Burnout in Web Development
 Wes Bos Host
 Scott Tolinski Host
Scott and Wes Chat about burnout!
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Show Notes
01:50
- What is burnout?
 - Losing Enthusiasm for web development
 - That Hustle
 
7:00
- Why is being burnt out bad?
 - Putting off hobbies
 
12:30
- How do you prevent burnout?
 - Farming out Work
 - Automating content
 - Busy work
 
18:00
- Aggressively turn down meetings
 - Work to cut out busy work
 - Locus of Control
 - Managing Email and Notifications
 - Scrubbing Plates
 
24:00
- Health and Nutrition
 - Sleep
 
27:00
- Motivation
 - What to do when you just don't like the work you are working on
 - Small Wins
 - Learning new Things
 - Getting a new job
 - Taking Courses
 - Keeping Up With The Codeashians
 
37:00
- Being overworked at work
 - Overtime
 
41:00
- So you've burnt out, what do you do?
 - How do you reignite the spark?
 - Taking a day off
 - Delegating GitHub
 - Online chat with other developers
 
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