Panel
- Jamison Dance (twitter github blog)
- Joe Eames (twitter github blog)
- Merrick Christensen (twitter github)
- Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up)
Discussion
01:47 – Burnout
04:57 – Pair Programming
06:19 – Burnout Guilt
- Thought-workers vs Laborers
10:15 – Positive Reinforcement
11:18 – Causes of Burnout
- Prolonged periods of high stress
- Crappy jobs
- Long hours
- OCD
- Organizational challenges
- Fighting
- Bikeshedding
- Difficult work environment
- Comparison
20:41 – Overcoming Burnout
- Rest
- Do something else
- Gratitude
- Talk to your boss
- Twitter / @bmf: Burnout is not caused by working hard. Burnout is caused by not shipping.
- Measurable progress
28:17 – Short-term Burnout
- Exercising
- You Are Your Own Gym (YAYOG)
- Meditation
- Take lunch
32:17 – Reaching out to others who may be burning out
35:50 – Preventing Burnout
- Positive environments
- Motivation
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
- [YouTube] Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
Picks
- America's Got Talent (Joe)
- Storm Front (Derrick Storm) by Richard Castle (Joe)
- Derandomized – Khan Academy: Machine Learning -> Measurable Learning (Jamison)
- Get On Top (Jamison)
- Ben Bernanke to Princeton Grads: The World Isn't Fair (and You All Got Lucky) (Merrick)
- General Assembly (AJ)
- AJ needs a room to rent in San Francisco (AJ)
- You Are Your Own Gym (YAYOG)
- Run 10k (Chuck)
- Nike+ Running (Chuck)
