Preventing and Dealing with Burnout in Web Development

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 on 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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