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PanelJamison 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
\xa001:47 - BurnoutGoogle: define burnout
04:57 - Pair Programming
\xa006:19 - Burnout GuiltThought-workers vs Laborers
10:15 - Positive Reinforcement
\xa011:18 - Causes of BurnoutProlonged periods of high stress Crappy jobs Long hours OCD Organizational challenges Fighting Bikeshedding Difficult work environment Twitter Comparison
20:41 - Overcoming BurnoutRest 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 BurnoutExercising You Are Your Own Gym (YAYOG) Meditation Take lunch
32:17 - Reaching out to others who may be burning out
\xa035:50 - Preventing BurnoutPositive environments Motivation Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink [YouTube] Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
PicksAmerica'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)
Transcript[Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at Bluebox.net.]\xa0[This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.]\xa0CHUCK:\xa0 Hey everybody, and welcome to Episode 63 of the JavaScript Jabber Show. This week on our panel, we have Jamison Dance.JAMISON:\xa0 Hello friends.CHUCK:\xa0 Joe Eames.JOE:\xa0 Hello there.CHUCK:\xa0 Merrick Christensen.MERRICK:\xa0 Hey.CHUCK:\xa0 And I\u2019m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.TV. This week we\u2019re going to be talking about burnout, I\u2019m assuming you\u2019ve all experienced burnout?MERRICK:\xa0 Does anybody else feel weird saying hello into a microphone? I feel like Joe sounded like this Texan guy. Like you never know what you\u2019re supposed to say.JOE:\xa0 Howdy, partner.MERRICK:\xa0 Yeah, exactly. More like a response coming, you know. It\u2019s funny.CHUCK:\xa0 Yeehaw!JAMISON:\xa0 You\u2019re just rolling the dice.MERRICK:\xa0 Yeah. I feel like [inaudible] or something, so people know it\u2019s me.JAMISON:\xa0 You just never know what\u2019s going to come out.MERRICK:\xa0 You really don\u2019t. Sometimes, I\u2019m like, \u201cMaybe I\u2019m going to go Little John on this thing and I don\u2019t know.[Chuckles]JOE:\xa0 From now on, instead of saying hello, I\u2019ll do this one, [sound][Laughter]JAMISON:\xa0 Let\u2019s get a soundboard.JOE:\xa0 I\u2019ve got a soundboard here.CHUCK:\xa0 Oh, nice.MERRICK:\xa0 We could really, really degrade the quality of the show, or improve it, with cool sound.JAMISON:\xa0 I think we just have.[Laughter]CHUCK:\xa0 I\u2019ve thought about getting soundboards for the different segments, like the picks and stuff, but nah.JAMISON:\xa0 It took us 30 seconds to wander off topic.CHUCK:\xa0 I know.JAMISON:\xa0 Let\u2019s talk about burnout.CHUCK:\xa0 Burnout.JAMISON:\xa0 Can we get a definition of burnout, to channel Josh Susser.JOE:\xa0 You define it, Jamison.JAMISON:\xa0 I was reading on Wikipedia, as one does when you\u2019re trying to learn about something. It says it\u2019s a psychological term for long-term exhaustion and diminished interest in work.CHUCK:\xa0 Ooh, that\u2019s very good.MERRICK:\xa0 I like that.JOE:\xa0 A long-term exhaustion. Okay.JAMISON:\xa0 So, it\u2019s not just like, \u201cI\u2019m feeling lazy today.\u201d It\u2019s, \u201cI\u2019m feeling lazy this month or lazy when I\u2019m at work this month.\u201d

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