Comments on: Burnout

By: Diego’s Blog » Wohin der kÃ¼hne Reiher fliegt, Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron”

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:43:13 +0000

[...] Klicks . Auch um die Entwickler soll sich in Zukunft besser gekÃ¼mmert werden. Vor allem das BurnOut-Syndrom , welches oft bei freiwilligen Projekten auftritt, in die man viel Zeit investiert, will man [...]

By: Chris Brown

Chris Brown — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:08:05 +0000

You have to know people well to notice when a burnout is coming. It usually hits without warning and someone might not understand what has happened. With the distributed nature of what we do, its even harder to notice the symptoms in someone else. Burnout is inevitably a personal issue, more psychological than physical. Helping people through it is best done through relieving workload and allowing people to work through it themselves. Oh yeah, it sucks.

By: Brian Will

Brian Will — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:54:53 +0000

Hey Jono, when and where is the next dev summit? Late April / early May, I assume, but what general area? Does it go back and forth between North America and Europe?

By: Karl Lattimer

Karl Lattimer — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:40:06 +0000

Have you got a couch? Because seriously dude I’m feeling pretty damned burned out of late. Lost my mojo and it hurts like hell.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:11:03 +0000

“FOSS burnout” can efficiently be fought by spending your spare time on other stuff. Like going out. Like NOT talking to FOSS people for a while. Somethimes also by changing the project one contibutes to, but I’d recommend the other solutions.

By: imbrandon

imbrandon — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:36:55 +0000

Rock on, yea this can come to bite someone in the arse and they dont even know it untill its too late.

By: Developer Summit Day 2 Report at SoftSaurus

Developer Summit Day 2 Report at SoftSaurus — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:24:02 +0000

[...] this sort of issue and that the door is, figuratively speaking, always open, something he later blogged about. The need to de-stress was also talked about, with discussion of some sort of gaming tournament and [...]

By: Joshua K

Joshua K — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:53:51 +0000

I think it happened in the Dallas community with the lead members, and that’s why we saw such a mass disbandment. i wish we’d had a good article or brought up this subject before. just as a tip, rotational duties are great ways of sharing responsibilities and putting everything through learning experiences, as well as giving the opportunity to learn something new… just all kinds of benefits. peace.

By: andylockran

andylockran — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:56:29 +0000

I’d never really considered burnout before. Perhaps it should be added to the ubuntu code-of-conduct. Too few people are acutely aware of their own health situation. Adding it to the ubuntu code of conduct could be a good way of advising people not to put too much of their resources into ubuntu..

By: Christoph Langner

Christoph Langner — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:51:49 +0000

I know this problem pretty good. I posted about 20000 postings inside the german support forums over the last two years. Sometimes i helps to step down and distribute the jobs you’re doing. Perhaps take some time outside the communites. Enjoy the weather. Enjoy your workouts. Better a rested contributor as a worn out one