I have worked in London as a .NET dev until 2017 when burnout struck. Not recovered, not working since then. Seen a lot of therapists and psychiatrists. A bit better lately but worried about my future since I am outdated with technologies and have 33 yo. LE. I did not have any problems with work environment or anything, it was just me affected by a depression since highschool.

Another video in absolutely great timing (for me). I'm from Brazil and are doing A LOT of remote interviews for companies from Europe and North America for 4 weeks straight, doing A LOT of coding tests and .NET Assessment, besides I'm working 8 hours a day as Software Developer, so I'm very mentally tired, your tips certainly will help me. Thanks!

I was in burnout situation in 2012. Because we were very busy I decided not to deal with it and take sick leave. That was a mistake. After I was laid off (felt like a stab in the back, they didn't give me time to recover, just hired a new worker...) I tried to recover and after a year when I was ready to find a job again it was almost impossible. Companies thought I was tainted and lacked experience (I have 17 years of it). It took me 7 years to get back in and that was a very stressful time, MORE stressful than the actual burnout. So when burnout is near do not ignore it! Look at your weekly schedule and debug it. Get rid of bad habits and get more out of your time. This video has a lot of useful tips, the best is: don't overreach yourself, take time off whenever you can, and do things that are not work related. Thanks Tim for this very useful topic.

100% agree. Audible is fantastic, I had a wood shop at my last house too. During the pandemic I bought a pontoon boat but built everything but the frame myself. This year I’ve decided to learn to fish. Racing drones are fun too and still give you another perspective on tech (if you don’t have an EE background)

This is a wonderful video Tim, thank you for your encouragement and suggestions - you did a great job of covering a deep and wide issue in such a short time 👍🏼🙏🏼

WFH has been the best way of avoiding burnout ever. I log in at 9am and I log out at 5pm. I watch what other devs in the team deliver over a sprint and make sure I only deliver about 10% more than they do I also make sure I'm the go to guy for fixing hard problems because I can. This usually doesn't take me more than 3 to 4 days in a 10 day sprint. As a result because I'm not having to pretend to look busy in an office I have a lot of time to do things that I want to do.

Hi Tim! Thanks for the great suggestions! In my situation as a Rideshare driver, it’s been a rough year. The downtime due to SARS2 was a horrible stresser, since I couldn’t drive anyone and even if I did, I could get the crap and being over 65, most likely end up hospitalized. I was actually getting burned out, sitting at home! So, I got your All Access Pass, which helped immensely to relieve some stress, and it really did! Now, driving again and vaccinated, I can drive on weekdays and still take time, during off hours the do my lessons and homework. Exercise . . . well, that was a problem, until I got a puppy. Walking and training him has help me lose about 20lbs! Anyway, I just want to say thanks, for that All Access Pass!❤️ It helped a lot!

Probably the best video you have ever done. Newbie's might have trouble understanding the importance of this. But, those of us whom have been doing this for awhile will get it.

This is an outstanding video. Lets not forget burnout is a common trigger for a nervous breakdown and so is a very serious mental health issue. Absolutely agree about the tank analogy. Let it fill up and your in trouble. The absolute #1 best advice I ever had to reduce stress was to put yourself first, take charge and learn to say "No!". Turn off notifications that you don't need. Reduce the number of times a day you check email. Tell people to call you if there is an emergency. Don't work outside contracted hours unless you choose to. I read space opera SF books for my 30 minute train commute and actually though it was a bit tragic that many people that sat there on their laptops pretending to work, obviously feeling that they couldn't switch off even for a short train ride. It's easy to go on for years thinking you can take it, but we are all human our tank can only take so much. Address it well before its getting too full. The good news is it's completely possible once you start standing up for yourself!

This is the question I was planning to ask. It seems there are others too who face with a burnout. Thanks for covering this Tim :)

Gr8 video, Can you make a C# vs java .NET vs spring boot I believe .net is getting better and better and over the years nothing new in the java ecosystem and I do not know why there is that allergy to C# and hate on .net

Very useful! There are plenty of videos on burnout, but this one actually gives very concrete steps for getting out or avoiding burnouts. Thank you, Tim

Great advice. I can relate to much of what you discuss! i.e. self consulting. For me, I got out of doing dev work a long time ago and now I manage IT infrastructure and support.

Thanks Tim! I took vacation days and yip you're right I still feel stressed out. This is a team leader

Your story about woodworking with hand tools is the same story as mine. I have a full workshop in the garage that I go to in order to build something and be away from a screen. I used to love to just do a fun coding project or something not important for my job. But still coding and at the screen. Then went to gaming. But honestly being away from computers entirely really helps!!!

Thanks, I loved it. I also love the programming ones but this is special and you transferred some real emotions.

Great video! Timing is perfect. Immensely useful. The idea is to manage your state as a person and a working unit too.

My employer is very open to this topic and will help us as much as they can!

I saw myself on some of situations that you mentioned. Thank you for this suggestions Tim.

Really enjoyed this one, especially in our fast paced industry. I've definitely gotten better at budgeting my time between career and life. Exercise and hobbies definitely help. Make sure to AVOID companies that habitually crunch!

Great video Tim! You hit the nail on the head. I've been burned out for some time now, it is really hard to get out. Prevention is a lot better than cure. Also the oil tank was a very good methaphore. Keep up the great work, i'm sure it is helping a lot of people (including me).

Great material as always, thank you for your insight

Really excellent advice.

Pastor David Murray’s book “RESET” is brilliant, esp. the audio book.

Thanks for sharing Tim

Great content, thank You for sharing

Your videos are amazing 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍. Love you. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Excellent, good video... Thank you for this.

OT: but a true story... I had an Isuzu station wagon that had a crack in the engine that I didn't know about. Being a 23-year-old stoner programmer I had about 2 things I paid attention to... One of them wasn't cars! I had just gotten out of the Air Force and headed to NYC for a job - couldn't afford anything except a damn lemon I paid $1k cash for. Anyways... I drive from Norwalk to Hartford, CT (70 miles) to visit my Uncle and the engine was knocking loudly the entire way there. I get to his house - he heard me pulling into the driveway - comes out and goes straight to testing my oil... BONE DRY!! That must have been one helluv'an engine!!

I totally agree with doing stuff not computer related. I've been a programmer for 15 years and definitely helps. I work from home and have a pull up bar on the door and do about 25 a day. I also do the hang and pull legs up for basically sit ups too

Thanks Man, I need this

Great video! WFH is great but, if you're missing that connection to others it can definitely cause burnout.

Too many regular meetings and delivery demands do it to me.

Thank you, sir.

I understand what you are saying, but I think this issue goes far beyond our personal attitude to avoid burnout. Perhaps these situations are much more linked to the attitude of companies and employers towards their employees. I believe that the demand for productivity and profit is something that if not controlled can be the cause of this type of situation. Human beings are not machines, and I believe that the collective well-being of a group of employees must come first. And I think it's now clear that happy employees produce more than burned out employees... I am 35 years old and I just made a career transition. I left my academic career as a post doctoral employee in the field of Biology/Genetics to work with Information Technology and programming in a multinational company. I'm afraid of what it will be like for me from now on. Because despite the academy being able to take us to Burnout, this always happened close to the moments of delivering reports or conclusion papers. The demand within companies seems to be more constant. I'm a little anxious because of it but I'm really happy about the career transition.

Good tips

I have a question. How well should a .NET developer know HTML and CSS or be occupied by these things? Things like grids, flexboxes, Bootstrap and JavaScript. I am a .NET developer and my task now is to create a web site and I have chosen Blazor to do so. Now I am in the world of responsive web design break-points and lots and lots of css and I am wondering if it is worth it and if it will benefit me. I am certainly learning new things but it's not C# things. Is it even my job to do this or should a designer do it instead?

You've covered this topic already 😄

1. Don't drink coffee on your days off to reset your brain chemistry. 2. Exercise (endorphines), stay fit, eat. 3. Cold showers (another source of endorphines), hard to think about work when you're thinking "holy shit this so fucking cold". 4. Alcohol complicates everything, pick a different substance. 5. Go outside, spend time in nature. 6. Clean the house, clean your environment. 7. Stay single

Hey tim I love your content well I have some problem here I want to be full stack developer so I wanted c# to be my backend tool and angular front-end tool and I do some flutter sometimes because of dart is oriented object language so it is at least close to c# but I feel like I forget angular and c# when I work in flutter so how I handle this is really don't want to stick to one thing I hope you get my question

Hi Tim, thank you so much for everything you do. But I have a BIG request from you, I am developer in a bank for a month, former qa. And my first task is to make SOAP WebService with SQL Oracle connection, AD connection. Please, please from the bottom of my heart, I need an example of a webservice with exceptions. Thank you very much.

with respect sir I have a really problem here. I am using 4 winForms for 4 crystal Reports. I want to use one Form Containing Report viewer for multiple crystal Reports. Please treat me with your kind behavior. Thanks from pakistan.

I wonder what triggers a burnout, according to developers? 🔥 Can anyone share their burnout experience? For example, "I worked 3 years in a row, non-stop, in two shifts, on multiple highly difficult and very different projects simultaneously while also struggling with covid. I think I'm starting to feel some burnout".. ?

It's funny, i know a lot a software developper that are woodworkers too, i'm one

How long does it take to come back to coding. Hours or days?

When you do not know how to solve a code/project problem and you are depending and have to ask many people to help you, each of them know a small part and you have to gather the pieces there is no fun.. you have to dig dipper in code, test various scenarios and end up allocation more time, people is unhappy because you can not deliver. And on top of that people give you the code acceptance after very long time and have to switch branches and recompile every time multiple projects.. is no fun. .. How to solve this don't know.. Also at home have to take care of parents land and is wayyy to much weeds to get rid of, things to repair.. Some times I hate I know this much... When I have to work outside for my home.. no time at all.. I need a copy of me. Pleease I need to clone myself. However music helps.. loud as my ears can handle :)) .. so in my case.. engine has oil leaks.. :))

I typed a large response to this video. But KZfaq has deleted it. Yt = stress inducing

I'll just try again: see replies for a thread.