7 posts tagged with "burnout"

October 3rd 2019 by Will Gant

Code For Cash Burnout is an extremely common phenomenon among software developers. While we're unlikely to ever truly stop it from happening…

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February 22nd 2018 by Will Gant

The term "burnout" was first used in academia by Herbert Freudenberger in an article he wrote in 1974. Before that a novel by the name "A…

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January 25th 2018 by Will Gant

Burnout is defined as a "physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress" (Oxford dictionary). It typically occurs when you have…

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January 26th 2017 by Will Gant

Motivation is defined as "the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way" or "the general desire or willingness of…

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September 15th 2016 by Will Gant

"Some of the worst gigs I've had the warning signs were there in the interview" Some companies have bad environments for developers and some…

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May 5th 2016 by Beej Burns

You wake up at 5:30 in the morning. Get showered, brush teeth and hair, dress, walk the dogs, get the kids ready and fed breakfast and out…

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December 10th 2015 by Will Gant

In project management, a death march is a project where the members feel it is destined to fail, or requires a stretch of unsustainable…

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