I’m in a similar position right now as well. Hope my boss doesn’t see this
Ask HN: Tips to relearn how to care about my job?
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Re: Ask HN: Tips to relearn how to care about my job?
#82Get unexpectedly laid off into a bad job market. Seriously makes you a better employee that really values a good job. Its been 8 years already and I still try much harder to delivery good work and please the boss.
YMMV. I've been repeatedly laid off and it just makes me entirely unwilling to be loyal to any employer.
Re: Ask HN: Tips to relearn how to care about my job?
#83This is called burnout, you don't fix it by doing more work - including self study. Take a long weekend every few weeks, go to yosemite. Or fly to vegas and cut loose. Pick up golf or pickleball or whatever. Make some friends who aren't engineers and live a bit. Then you can come back to work with a fresh mind and care enough to get your shit done well.
And when you do come back with the fresh mind, have a beginners mind. Work very hard to not fall into your old patterns. Approach things as new. Acting like a beginner but drawing on your old experience in a controlled way is very powerful
Wow yeah. I have this in my bio but I haven't used it lately... great reminder thanks.