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

Google: define 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
Twitter
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)

Transcript

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CHUCK: Hey everybody, and welcome to Episode 63 of the JavaScript Jabber Show. This week on our panel, we have Jamison Dance.

JAMISON: Hello friends.

CHUCK: Joe Eames.

JOE: Hello there.

CHUCK: Merrick Christensen.

MERRICK: Hey.

CHUCK: And I’m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.TV. This week we’re going to be talking about burnout, I’m assuming you’ve all experienced burnout?

MERRICK: 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’re supposed to say.

JOE: Howdy, partner.

MERRICK: Yeah, exactly. More like a response coming, you know. It’s funny.

CHUCK: Yeehaw!

JAMISON: You’re just rolling the dice.

MERRICK: Yeah. I feel like [inaudible] or something, so people know it’s me.

JAMISON: You just never know what’s going to come out.

MERRICK: You really don’t. Sometimes, I’m like, “Maybe I’m going to go Little John on this thing and I don’t know.

[Chuckles]

JOE: From now on, instead of saying hello, I’ll do this one, [sound]

[Laughter]

JAMISON: Let’s get a soundboard.

JOE: I’ve got a soundboard here.

CHUCK: Oh, nice.

MERRICK: We could really, really degrade the quality of the show, or improve it, with cool sound.

JAMISON: I think we just have.

[Laughter]

CHUCK: I’ve thought about getting soundboards for the different segments, like the picks and stuff, but nah.

JAMISON: It took us 30 seconds to wander off topic.

CHUCK: I know.

JAMISON: Let’s talk about burnout.

CHUCK: Burnout.

JAMISON: Can we get a definition of burnout, to channel Josh Susser.

JOE: You define it, Jamison.

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