At work, I've often run into the problem where I am working on a hard problem and my brain gets fried from working on it so long. Most of the time, when I get home, I feel totally burned out. Am I doomed to always feel this way? Or have you guys found ways to overcome it? #softwareengineer
I usually take the following breaks during the day: 1) When I get in, I grab a hot mocha from the cafe. This gets me looking froward to mornings and also the double shot gives me a caffeine boost 2) I go to lunch around 11:30-12 with co-workers and this is a good break from work 3) Once between 2-4 I take a long walk to a further cafeteria and get a bite to eat. Sometimes I sit at the cafe and eat to think and recuperate 4) And some days if I feel like I go to the gym somewhere in the interval of 3-6 pm and a good sweat session and shower really helps get over nerves/frustration The above is possible because my workplace has all these amenities, I understand many places might not and it might be different! To take all these breaks I get in at 8:30 and leave work around 7:30 pm after dinner(we have free dinner at 7)
So in other words, work as little as possible everyday and you won't get burned out. Got it.
wow what a wonderful life :)
Breaks are very helpful.... Daniel Pink’s book “When” describes why. 9 min video summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKCX0GDGUoU
You should find the easy way out of a hard problem
Which company?
It's a small startup
Get into a leas stress job/company. Taking a break is a short term solution.
Smoke weed. It helps. I'm serious, not trolling.
Everyday should not feel like a hard problem that burns you out.