[lazide]

Be aware, burn out is often as much or more about self regulation than it is any specific activity. Being able and willing to say no to mind one’s boundaries being a key skill.

Changing careers can help (the novelty provides rewards), but rarely does whatever underlying thing causing the issue disappear.

[alar44]

I've been thinking about that. The IT industry doesn't lend itself to boundaries very well so I think I'd like a career where work stays at work.

[nikau]

Sure it does - you work 8 hours a day, if you get more tasks to do than time you prioritize and what gets done gets done.

If management want more done they can hire more staff.

Sure you need to find the right company and your yearly compensation might be lower, but your hourly rate will still be around the same and you can have quality of life.

[LouisSayers]

> you work 8 hours a day

Do you really though?

Any problem solving industry is going to have flow over work which is not visible.

Even if you're not physically at work, how many ppl are actually mentally checked out when they leave?

How much work is done in the office and how much is left over for the subconscious to decode for the following day?

It will vary by the types of work you're doing, but being in tech as a whole can be quite mentally draining.

[nikau]

This sounds more like you don't have other fulfilling hobbies to focus on once work finishes for the day, or management is pushing for results so hard that you feel like you need to work off the clock.

The only time I sometimes think of work outside business hours is on bike rides because its otherwise not very mentally stimulating.

[LouisSayers]

It depends on the work. If you're writing a CRUD app then sure, it's easy to check out.

If you're building out new infrastructure, doing a huge refactor or stuck on a tricky problem then anyone that naturally cares about their work will have ideas moving around in their subconscious.

For me personally, I'm building my own software, so my asshole boss likes to push as hard as he can :D

[cc101]

LouisSayers: In another post(now closed) you offered help with regard to Sam Ovens consulting accelerator..." Is there a way to discuss with you?

If this reply is offensive, I apologize.

[alar44]

This is where I'm at. The job is to think. You can't frame a house at home in the shower, but you can think about an LDAP solution to get at switches on the other end of a VPN tunnel etc.

[gtowey]

> You can't frame a house at home in the shower

I beg to differ. I only do building as a hobby, but the amount of time I spend thinking about how to build things in the shower is pretty much the same as with my tech job.

Again, it may be more about the person than the job

[imnotlost]

Mentally check out of work - mentally check into your life and loved ones.

Or eventually get a divorce I guess...

[lazide]

This is the self regulation challenge right here.

[Icathian]

I suspect that no job lends itself to boundaries well, and that a healthy willingness to enforce them is going to be necessary regardless.