If You Feel Burnt Out Do This
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Burnout is incredibly difficult to overcome. It feels like you are weighed down by 100 extra pounds and you feel like there is no way to enjoy what you are doing. I know this because I have gone through burnout myself which is why in this video I am going to give you 4 tips to help you overcome and completely avoid burnout. If you want to become a programming this is a must learn skill.
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⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - Tip #1
03:50 - Tip #2
06:35 - Tip #3
08:30 - Tip #4
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The hardest part for me is having the motivation to learn new things outside of work hours. After 7-8hours of staring at a screen and working on code I feel I want to do anything but look at more code after work. Then there is family time and personal hobbies that have nothing to do with programming.
Take an hour or 2 off to do irl stuff before coming back
for me I stop coding, I go jog, then come back shower, then play games for few hours if possible else spend time with gf, then start coding again. This is during work days.
@@JokeryEUbruh, your day is over by the time u do all those things
Same here, I love coding, but after a whole day at the office I don't feel like I want to do even more work..
@@LasTCursE69 I try to use any down time in work to study up on my own stuff but this is always a challenge as something always comes up in work to distract my attention away from what ever I have been working on. And of course they are paying me to work on their code..not my own lol
Excellent tips! The only things missing IMO are more health related:
1. Therapy: sometimes you just need to talk it out and need someone to guide you
2. Exercise: 10-30min give you a huge mood booster and help you focus
3. Diet: Watching what AND when you eat to give your body the energy it needs when it needs it
4. Meditation/Praying: Resets your mind
I wish I did meditation in college lol. Its like a superpower sometimes.
It is a completely different quality to hear this advice first hand than all the advice written down. Especially from someone who codes himself. Thank you Kyle for this valuable advice.
im absolutely dead inside.
Even if i take a 1 year vacation, it would not fix me. Whenever someone starts talking to me about work, i just scream in my head "OMG WHO CARES"..
If you feel like this maybe it would be better to visit a psychologist
I know that feeling... I had this a few years ago. I was so fed up. But a break of 1 year really helped. In the end it was the best thing that happened to me because it made me change my life for the best. See this as an opportunity for change.
Thanks brother, I was going through these same feelings lately and after knowing this is pretty normal, now I am not feeling bad
thank you my friend, i really needed this video, i have to say i'm so burned out that it was difficult to watch this video, but i forced myself, and yes you are right, i will follow your advice
don't know if you see this or not, but my problem is exactly the opposite of it. I mean when I wanna do a project I'm so lazy that it takes like 2 months, knowing I could do it in 2 weeks. I just keep getting distracted by games, social media, etc. you'll help me and so many others a lot if you make a video about this subject as well. thanks for your hard work :D
I know the feeling, me too. The only time I actually do any programming is when I get burnt out playing Factorio :D
It's called discipline
Don't increase dopamine before effort. Wake up and just be bored, stare at a wall until you start working. Small sacrifice, if this is too much then you don't really wanna get anything done :p
you already answered your own question. get rid of distractions and if you still can't lock in and finish the project then do something easier or change majors/career.
I have a similar issue. I get tunnel visioned so easily. It's like i'm having phases. I started freelancing 2 years ago. If i get into e.g. Games i can easily play 80 hours in 2 weeks, as if it's a job, lol. It's hard to change my tunnel vision to focus on something during a phase. But if my phase changes, i can drop other stuff like a hot potato and not touch it for weeks. e.g. I didn't play any games really for 4 weeks, which is crazy for me to say. The game for my example in this case is Helldivers 2. I also have phases where i even work each and every day in a weeks for 6+ hours. Depends on the project and state of that project. It's easier for me to do a lot when i'm at the start of a project.
Btw. i deleted my Facebook, cleared my Twitter account. Reddit and UA-cam are the only Social Medias i check regularly. I do have more accounts, but only because i need it for work. I'm not really interested in those. Lastly i hate my phone, but it's an essential Tool i need. I compare my phone to a baby that's crying for attention, i hate it and almost always have it on mute, except when i expect someone to call me etc.
Commenting for support of the channel. I this video resonated with me, very timely.
The advice is so timely said. I needed it, thanks.
I was programming for a long time, I remember not liking it but still being able to keep going. Now I really don't want to do this. What burns me out is I solve a hard development problem and I put a lot of effort in it, then I get another problem and again drains me a lot. This doesn't stop, like it doesn't get easier.
Thanks kyle! No body really talks about this stuff cause you don't really have people say go back take some time or you have slack some time, have fun. Cause this is really necessary for being constant. Thanks again for your thoughts on this topic!
Tip 1: Seasonal coding, have times where you code more and be happy with times that you don’t.
Tip 2: Cut back to 0 if you hit burnout. Bare minimum effort until you’re excited to do it again.
Tip 3: Cut back to 3/4 hours of coding per day rather than 8 hours. Break your day into different subjects.
Tip 4: Spend more time on other passions/hobbies, cut back a little.
Summary: Don’t feel bad for cutting back. Cut back until you feel like you want to go again.
this ... though I was let go for doing the exact same thing from a company that expected me to code 8 hours a day AND keep up on current trends AND learn new programming languages
@@JesseKaufman Sounds like they did you a service.
omg i was heavily suffering from burnout the past 2 weeks and u made a video about it .. big thanks
Thanks. Love this type of content as well
Great topic! Burnout is real. I might add that exercise, good sleep, stress management, and eating well all help. Cutting back on caffeine might also help.
Excellent that you addressed this Kyle! Perhaps I might share my approach to this serious issue:
1. Dread is about the future. So take a break sometimes to spend time going over things you have done in the past that you feel were your best work. Wallow in the pride until you feel better. It's very nourishing
2. Reduce your expectations of yourself. On a dreaded project just set the goal of doing something on it each day, even if its a tiny 5 minute thing. Often you will find that you look up and find you have been on it for an hour. Just start.
3. Balance physical and mental. Winston Churchill built brick walls to de-stress. Dig the garden. Paint the walls. The odd thing is when you do those things, programming solutions will mysteriously pop into your head.
4. On a dreaded project, take time to write down exactly what is bugging you about it. Try to address those issues instead of just coding.
dread could also just be a sign that you aren't really passionate enough for CS if you're a student. It could also be prospects on the current job market making people seem like the grueling grind is hopeless
@@steven-cs8rr Yes absolutely. I also find that most of the time the feeling of dread comes from a project where you cannot see a path to success. Maybe you have been handed a mess of bad code. Or perhaps the goals are overwhelming and dumb. Or maybe you a ae out of your depth. That's why you need to confront the real issues IMHO.
Thank you Kyle Always appreciating your advices and work 👌
Thanks bro really needed this...
Burnout. Weird thing. I solve it once, it comes back from a different angle. I remember back in college, I would thrive of people telling me I'd burn myself out, it'd be fuel to prove them wrong. Nowadays, trying to be less 'toxic' has bitten me in my ass... Thanks for the video man, nice brain food.
Timely advice. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for your advice, timely needed for me. Please share more videos on different topics and thoughts or views
Awesome video. I worked for 2 years at a company where I would get burnt out a lot, but luckily we worked for marathon events so we had a bit of a break during winter and summer where it was too hot or cold to host marathons where we would relax a bit. Unfortunately in an effort to prove myself, I went full speed for a year and a half, and barely did anything the last 6 months. I switched to a new company and have definitely learned to have a better work/life balance. I only have one side project where as at my previous company I would code for 40 hours a week, then study for my aws certs for another 20+ hours per week.
I learned this lesson in my 6th year of programming, I really hope younger developers watch this video and implement these practices so they dont end up hating their job like I did towards the end of my tenure at my last company.
Perfect timing I needed this thank you. I've been working on my own personal project in react with lots of layers. Using socket io, database for user data, routing, context data its a lot for my first big project. Getting close to the big picture tho but feeling really burnt out. It's a multiplayer type racer game themed around sharks
How long it took u to learn react?
This is a very great video/advice for people who are already experienced and working in these kind of jobs. I don't want to sound selfish, but i recently started as a freelancer (2 years now). I have so many ideas and stuff i can/want to do besides doing work for my customers. But i know i just can't do everything and all at once or one after another at high frequency. I already take breaks, but your advice here really gave shape to my diffuse thoughts. I bought a bicycle last year to stay fit and i enjoyed it, but i didn't use it this year. You motivated me to do it again and i might actually do it today on this beautiful sunny sunday (here in Europe/Germany). Thank you! :D
I think it's also a good idea to have other media of learning, like read a book on programming (I'm currently going through "100 go mistakes") or watch some videos like the ones on this channel or even lectures/something not super useful for the tech you are using right now. Also, having a routine that's not based around programming primarily is good and makes you less focused on mundanity of coding (even though I LOVE programming and addicted to it). E. g. wake up early, go outside, have a jog/exercise; I like to do some pullups at 5am; maybe take a cold shower and/or some coffee and start programming. After 4-5 (super productive) hours you can again go to gym or see someone, have fun and stuff. Then come back to programming again if you feel like it
Pretty nice content as always. There's more to programming than just programming itself. Videos like this are not the kind of thing you see in many tech/dev channels. Ever thought on doing more videos talking about mental health, carrer or soft skills?
I have quite a few. Many of them are in the Discussions/Explanations playlist.
Thank you Kyle!
Thank you. That's great content. After 9 month of hard work on my cross platform project I burned out and left work for last 2 weeks.
Relate and soo relate of all things you said..... thanks for making this content
Head shake is permanent 😅
For real 😅
Even funnier at 1.5x
@@artemonstrick or 2x
head shake won't end, just wait for the videos he will release in 10 years, it might even get worse 😂
Thanks, that's how I feel right now. Have a nice day everyone.
Yep, been burned out for years , 25+ years in IT Programing / development
But when you have a family you have to spending time with them
After being let go , taught myself Python while I am not an expert in it I have the foundation for things and know more about what it can do
Great advice 😊
omg this is just about the time, it been two weeks since i never launched vs code, i went so hard for since september in 2023 till now , i was 100% focus on coding i went hardcore and now just lost all motivation , and i think it just right time to a break I deserve it
Great ideas! I'm going to go build an app to track my burnout reduction. I'll make all kinds of really cool dashboards and maybe some realtime components to track burnout reduction against friends. Then perhaps I'll refactor the codebase and migrate to newer frameworks/libraries and I'll add multiple oauth integrations. This will so help with my burnout.
Thank you i feel good. I didn't know i was burnt out
There was a time when I found joy in being a developer and software engineer, coding used to be a source of fun and fulfillment for me. Now, I find myself trying to go days without opening my laptop. What was once a source of enjoyment has now become something I actively try to avoid.
Awesome video ❤❤
thanks that was very helpful
I spend time doing other things like playing games and watching movies/series. And spend time with love ones 😅
This video came at the right time. Maybe this is why i feel so burned out. I work as security guard overnight night and i use all my free time on the job to practice getting good at javascript. When i come home in the morning i try to put some more hours in and on my days off i practice frontend even more. And because im not making much progress i feel completely burned out. Every other day i feel like quitting completely that maybe programming is not for me. Everyday i see so many fear based videos on youtube about programming which fills me with doubt. I keep hearing that ai will replace all junior devs and that if you're not putting in as much time as the guy who codes all day and night then you're not gonna make it. I wish i had the motivation i had when i first started learning frontend. Now i get overwhelmed with how much more i gotta learn. Just the thought of DSA gives me anxiety. Ive been think of looking into other career options or even join the trades, but i cant see myself as a trades man. I dont wanna quit tho. Btw im 30.
the story of my life. thanks for the tips
Thanks man
Thank you
- hey, boss, can I have a break for 6 months?
- sure thing, bro, take your time👍🤝
- freelance dev Im going to have a break for six months.
@@fullstacklarry - hey, 1-200 clients, can I have a break for 6 months?
- np, have 8!
Not bad, not bad...but I fire clients...
@@fullstacklarry well... Thank you)
it's called a "vacation"
I usually play games, movies, and if I can't go back yet in coding I go out of town with friends. Sometimes there are things I want to finish but I don't have the coding appetite yet, then I'll bring my laptop everywhere I go, malls, and most productive if I relocate from one place to another, coffee shop will do, but better if I'm out of town.
perfect timing... feeling the same way...
Man, this really brought meout of been burnt out
You can read my mind
I've been studying whilst working a full time job for 4 years. in those 4 years I've probably only done 6-7 months of full time study, if you put it all together. Between work, family, hobbies, and general life.. along with being autistic and having ADHD... I'm finding it incredibly hard to focus. When i DO code, I learn well, and I don't struggle often, but I rarely code. P.S. I don't work as a dev, I work in project management.
The electric guitars in the background 👀
Learning Front-end with React for 3 months....
10 minutes ago I was really exhausted .
I'm practicing more than 12+ hours everyday aside from my course days.
Some times really feel like , nahhhh it's way beyond than me.
After watching this video, I think I need to go out touch some Grass😅😅..
Wish me luck, by the way.
Wish us luck!
Not able to find a job = no motivation right now.
same. and the reason is i am not good at solving leetcode type problems.
SECOND GUITAR! NICE!
You made this video for me! 😅
When I am into a project I do it every moment that I am awake. But people are so different from each other. I know people who make themselves take breaks every 20 minutes. I would hate that.
Even Indians watch his cs masterpiece
also nepali 🇳🇵
I used to love coding. Then, I started to work at AWS. Now, I hate every second of my day. Other day I was trying to focus but I was clicking here and there and impossible to develop anything. AWS is the pinacle.of the demotivation and micromanagement. I can't understand how some people.love it?
I have a project that never seems to stop growing... going on three years now! Moved from c# to javascript/typescript about half way through it.
Why the move from C# to TS tho? is it a backend project?
@@4nt1g3n I learned C# first, but I found C# very difficult to get to a working interface where javascript and react, no problem. project has an api and a front end app
This is great, but how do you get your hair like that? That's the content I'm interested in.
i do not code as side project. my main job is a side project. Have another hobbies and I'm satisfied with income.
Trying to be helpful to everybody for free or for few bucks more is not worth my life. Wisdom of older aged web dev (45 y.).
And if you feel burned out, simply take a breath, take a vacation of leave your job. And in a time you have think on what to do next. If your hobby might become your full time job.
Burnout for me is my head killing me and eyes so dry and red I can't even look at people. A nights sleep is no longer recovery even a lighter week nominally helps
I got tired of coding easily. So when i got tired i go outside and bike for 3 hours. I mainly go where there are a lot of nature stuff to unwind.
Exactly now I am in a burn out ,I'm coding for 4 years 7/7 with out any rest or vacation
Damn, now you have 2 guitars!
ah thank you mate
you're the best✨💖
I literally can't do any side projects until I fully break out of coding at my full-time job for the week at least. Either it's fun or it's important to me, I just can't.
I am burned out not from programming so much, but working on trash projects and earning shit salary. It's very demotivating.
Left my job where I had two dozens of trash projects with daily deadlines on a shit salary, 1000 hours of unpaid overtime in 8 years and a boss who insults and disses their employees. Instead now I have a job with significantly more but still below average salary where I just have to maintain two WordPress websites and some internal web platforms, have absolutely no deadlines, have no overtime and don't get guilt tripped and insulted on a daily basis.
Doesn't sound like much, but that's already WORLDS apart from the job where they even tried to guilt trip me into staying AFTER my 3 months noticed was over.
Look for professional help is the more important tip that missed in the video. Is important to clear out that those tips is what worked based on your personal experience. A psychologist for example can understand more deeper someone's context and can apply techniques to help you deal with burnout and manage your mental health.
i like the thumbnail - its funny
Been working on the same project for many years, with no pay.
Two words: marijuana, silence
kinda burntout the last year with coursecareers, tried hard as a beginner but hasent finished the foundation course yet..
It's very hard for professionals working in 9 hour job to follow this advice.
Well, I have chosen to work for the government just to avoid being burnt out or overworked. It's been going great for ten years
Have you read Slow Productivity by Cal Newport?
An awesome hobby for a programmer -- Magic: The Gathering 😊
The only problem is i end up doing MORE programming for my hobby. 😂🙄
When do you draw the line on starting projects that may be too big for a solo developer on their off-hours?
I get ideas with lots of passion behind them but (with a little exaggeration) it would be 10 years for the basic construction and then ultimately "competing" with major corporations.
On the flip side of the coin the realistic projects seem like a miniscule spin on a concept that's been done a thousand times and ultimately, I find no motivation for.
~Just my experience
I think you guys need to make video more than coding . It's time you guys should also upload video like how to get a job. cause lot of guys like me who knows how to code a bit . But don't know how, where to get a job a real job. I think you should make that too.
One of my main source of burnout is the IA happening, why learn to code something when AI will soon be able to do it much better than me in a matter of seconds?
i just feel unmotivated because of ai stuff
Same here
Same, too much shitty coders in it
@@themks8452 yeah and keep asking myself, if ai can do it, why should i put that much of effort on it😅
Yep, the ai trend is unpredictable for programmers.
Why ? ai is shit
That's all fine and good, but nuance is key for me. I am developing my "star" project. It's an MVP for an app I imagined 10 years ago. I'm at the cusp, but yet pretty far. I have a very difficult time not getting distracted although I'm currently a self-assessed intermediate developer (thanks in part to you Kyle). I'm def burnt out, but I need to pay rent in 3 weeks and have no current income.
How's that for nuance?
Anyone? Anyone? Any ideas would be welcome.
In my country is common to go into burnout for the chief’s/company’s ignorance
Im burn out because electron doesnt want to import electron-store without giving me a require error
Hey, I got asked in an interview about change in behaviour of useEffect hook since latest react update
could you make a video about it?
At this point, I'm just done with with the layoff news and fake job postings, I'd rather if AI just actually created new jobs rather than hearing the same "AI will replace that role specific developer/designer". It's not like companies will stop announcing themselves as "AI" companies/stop talking about replacing developers
How do you learn to problem solve?
I think teachers might take issue with your statement about Summer downtime lol 😅
Are you still involved with CourseCareers?
hi, just ask. do u have any plans to add ai voice dubbing? as a foreigner , hard to keep up ur talk
Bro I been looking for frontend job as fresher and It's been one month and I got zero calls or responses is this normal 😢?
do something else, bro. this industry is screwed. especially if you are from India.
I don't even bother anymore. I went back to fundamentals and math. What's the point if AI does all the coding?
How about code addiction? I can't stop thinking about work and I feel bad if I spend my free time other than learning.
How have been brainwashed by the industry.
I'm excited to learn NextJs and TypeScript from Hitesh Chaudhary, but as I am from tier 2 city in India, I feel insecure of taking admission to MCA due to high fees, AI and recession.
Anyone suggest me that what to choose from Mca vs Msc cs
When I got burnout, I usually play console games and just sleep.
If you feel burnt out just roll over and let AI and those hungry wannabe junior developers who want your job have their turn.
This is literally me right now. How did you know? Haha
Hi Kyle 👋
Hi dhanushbaburamudri
After 22 years of work in IT industry - I do not. Why? Because this is my hobby, passion and something I just love. Cheers.
Even Brazilians are watching