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William — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 23:20:00 GMT

Coping with Burnout... Interesting title, however once you're burnt out you're already in a state of not coping and you will need help to recover.

In my case, burn out was the result of months of working for long hours and weekends on a project from hell. The list of outstanding tasks build up, the questions keep coming seeking clarification on the ever changing requirements. To begin with, you think you can do it, no problem. But then, late one night you realise that you just don't have anymore, all you want is to sleep, you've not eaten anything since breakfast and you stink of coffee. You suddenly realise that you just can't do it anymore and then you break.

I was off work for 3 weeks and my confidence was lost. Luckily, my wife and my company supported me and I got back on my feet.

I learnt a lot from that experience and as everyone above has suggested, you can protect your self with a few simple rules.

Get some exercise: I climb hills at the weekend, near my home in Lanark, and the effects of doing this can keep me going all week long. (However, I've not been doing enough of this lately).

Limit your working hours: putting in that extra effort only works for about a week, after that your productivity drops and you start to feel the need to put in even more time to keep up with your own expectations. It never works.

Get a life: There really is more to life than work and computers, try to do something that gets you away from all that, something for you that makes you feel good and keeps your mind wide open.

One last thing, watch your colleagues and try to look after them too.

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Rob Tillie — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 09:02:00 GMT

Another really important thing is how the rest of your life is, and more importantly, whether there is a 'rest' besides working.
If the rest of your life is of high quality, you can much better focus at your job:

1. Sports. Software people usually sit behind a desk for long hours. This is not so good for your health. Make sure you get enough exercise, and make sure you pick something you like.
2. Eating. Be sure you have a good eating habit! Eat healthy :).
3. Love, family and friends. Get out and have fun!
4. Get some hobbies which aren't behind a computer

A year ago I wasn't burned out, but I couldn't focus anymore on my job. These things helped me over the past year to regain my focus, and then some more.
Remember, it doesn't matter how many hours you work, it matters how much work you do in those hours :).

Rob.

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JavaKid — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 02:59:00 GMT

Along these same lines I asked people what are the expectations within our field... and how do we avoid Developer Burnout.

http://javakid.blogspot.com/2004/10/developer-burnout.html

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