Ask HN: How to deal with burnout and its consequences?

Post by Existenceblinks » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 2:06 PM UTC

badpun wrote: post #188

Existenceblinks wrote: post #120

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Yep, I learnt nothing internally rather than oh nice view, strange place, different way of [people] doing things. It doesn't change me even a bit. People claim that they become a better person. I think at least 50% of them were bullshiting.

I suspect six months of working in a blue-collar job (say, construction) in an area of the country you're not familiar with would be much more enriching than 6 months of traveling in SE Asia, at least for college-educated young people.

Yeah likely. My city attracts tourists/backpackers too. As local's perspective, I'm glad they enjoy the difference, but I don't think they have changed at all. It's not like bathing holy water of experience, suddenly you come out pure. No!

Post by ThePowerOfFuet » Sat, Nov 05, 2022, 6:44 PM UTC

didgetmaster wrote: post #82

ThrowAway1922A wrote: post #68

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It's a government thing, my workplace had no say in the matter as long as my GP said I needed it.

Even if your employer 'had no say in the matter', it is still generous. Somebody had to pay for that medical leave whether it came out of the profits of the company you work for, their insurance company (which leads to higher premiums for everyone), or came out of the taxpayer's pocket. It sounds like you could benefit from a completely different environment. If you can't find any joy working in your chosen field, it…

> Even if your employer 'had no say in the matter', it is still generous. Somebody had to pay for that medical leave whether it came out of the profits of the company you work for, their insurance company (which leads to higher premiums for everyone), or came out of the taxpayer's pocket.

What a guilt trip; you should be ashamed of yourself (and, frankly, you should probably also keep your US-centric thinking, which is entirely divorced from the rest of the civilized world on such matters, to yourself).

The shame.

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