Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000
<div class="trix-content"> <div>Panel</div><pre>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) <br /></pre><div>Discussion<br /> 01:47 - Burnout</div><pre>Google: define burnout <br /></pre><div>04:57 - Pair Programming<br /> 06:19 - Burnout Guilt</div><pre>Thought-workers vs Laborers <br /></pre><div>10:15 - Positive Reinforcement<br /> 11:18 - Causes of Burnout</div><pre>Prolonged periods of high stress Crappy jobs Long hours OCD Organizational challenges Fighting Bikeshedding Difficult work environment Twitter Comparison <br /></pre><div>20:41 - Overcoming Burnout</div><pre>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 <br /></pre><div>28:17 - Short-term Burnout</div><pre>Exercising You Are Your Own Gym (YAYOG) Meditation Take lunch <br /></pre><div>32:17 - Reaching out to others who may be burning out<br /> 35:50 - Preventing Burnout</div><pre>Positive environments Motivation Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink [YouTube] Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us <br /></pre><div>Picks</div><pre>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) <br /></pre><div>Transcript</div><div>[Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at Bluebox.net.] </div><div>[This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.] </div><div>CHUCK: Hey everybody, and welcome to Episode 63 of the JavaScript Jabber Show. This week on our panel, we have Jamison Dance.</div><div>JAMISON: Hello friends.</div><div>CHUCK: Joe Eames.</div><div>JOE: Hello there.</div><div>CHUCK: Merrick Christensen.</div><div>MERRICK: Hey.</div><div>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?</div><div>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.</div><div>JOE: Howdy, partner.</div><div>MERRICK: Yeah, exactly. More like a response coming, you know. It’s funny.</div><div>CHUCK: Yeehaw!</div><div>JAMISON: You’re just rolling the dice.</div><div>MERRICK: Yeah. I feel like [inaudible] or something, so people know it’s me.</div><div>JAMISON: You just never know what’s going to come out.</div><div>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.</div><div>[Chuckles]</div><div>JOE: From now on, instead of saying hello, I’ll do this one, [sound]</div><div>[Laughter]</div><div>JAMISON: Let’s get a soundboard.</div><div>JOE: I’ve got a soundboard here.</div><div>CHUCK: Oh, nice.</div><div>MERRICK: We could really, really degrade the quality of the show, or improve it, with cool sound.</div><div>JAMISON: I think we just have.</div><div>[Laughter]</div><div>CHUCK: I’ve thought about getting soundboards for the different segments, like the picks and stuff, but nah.</div><div>JAMISON: It took us 30 seconds to wander off topic.</div><div>CHUCK: I know.</div><div>JAMISON: Let’s talk about burnout.</div><div>CHUCK: Burnout.</div><div>JAMISON: Can we get a definition of burnout, to channel Josh Susser.</div><div>JOE: You define it, Jamison.</div><div>JAM... Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
