> wondered why you had been so much quieter :-) Yeah, I think you'll see me posting more now, but I'm still staying away from the political crap - no arguments over a Cucumber Tree's right to bear arms for me. I mean it's an endangered tree species, it has a right to defend itself!
-Cameron ----------------- Cameron Childress Sumo Consulting Inc. --- cell: 678-637-5072 aim: cameroncf email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 11:49 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Burnout > > > Cameron- > > what a terrific post!! > > wondered why you had been so much quieter :-) > > you're right about the therapeutic value of vacations, > unless you bring a major stressor with you :-( - next > vacation will be just the wife and I ! > > I sometimes get "simmered out" - the pace of my job is > slower than most of you developers, very little > overtime, few life-or-death project deadlines. Not doing > very much rocket science, but a lot of balsa wood > airplanes <g>. > > This can make it easy to get bored or complacent, tasks > that should take minutes don't get done. The same kind > of "refresh" as with burnout can work there too I found. > > Have a good one, sir. > > -Ben > > > > I'm right there with you man... Two years ago I think I was > one of the top > > 10 or at least 20 posters to cf-talk. Nothing like Dave Watts > mind you, but > > pretty consistently. I lived and breathed CF (and any related > technology I > > could get my hands on). I started the Atlanta CFUG, I worked 60-70 hour > > weeks at home and in the office, weekends etc... but I loved > it! Went to > > every conference, read every post on every mailing list... > > > > Wrote an intranet system from scratch - by myself. big deal, but the > > company spun it out into a separate company (www.neighborware.com), got > > funding... Hired developers... Flew all over the country selling it to > > companies... Then I just got tired of it all. Started coming > in to work > > late, not really giving things my all... We had enough smart > developers at > > the company to keep things going without me there all the time, > so it wasn't > > a huge deal... I stayed with the company for awhile, but then > I just had to > > move on. Wasn't doing it for me anymore. Company was healthy > and moving > > along fine... Somewhere in there I resigned my position as > ACFUG president. > > Didn't feel like I had the time or passion that the group deserved to be > > devoted to it. > > > > I resigned and left the company... Didn't have a job lined up > when I made > > the decision, but things soon fell into place and I started another new > > company. I have a few clients. It pays well, and I do have > fun doing it. > > But I'm still struggling to get the passion back. It's on it's way back > > right now, though slowly... The passion is still in there > someplace, I can > > feel it, but it doesn't show it's head as often as it use to. > Occasionally > > it does, and the end result is a frenzy of coding that does > more in one day > > than I sometimes do in a whole week - two weeks even. > > > > I am excited about CFMX, and want to play with it a lot more > than I have, > > but sometimes I find myself just sitting down staring at the monitor and > > simple tasks which should take be 2 minutes take be half an > hour. I spent a > > few good solid evenings with the CFMX betas and managed to bang > on it enough > > and submit enough bugs to win a prize... but haven't really > used it alot > > since then... I still post to CF-Talk, CFDJList, CF-Community, > ACFUG's list > > occasionally... But now as consistently as before. > > > > The biggest thing that's helped me so far... > > > > Take a vacation - a long one - no, I mean a really really long > one. Minimum > > of one week but two or more if you can afford it. Don't bring > a computer > > with you. Don't check your email. Don't bring anything > technology related > > with you. No tech mags to read on the plane, nothing. It > doesn't have to > > be a 3 week international odyssey, but it helps to get away > from home. Long > > camping trip, maybe a long visit to out of town family, or even stay in > > town, but get out of the house. > > > > Also... I for one ALWAYS come back super-charged from DevCon, > CF-North, or > > any other tech conference in our field. I get to hang out with people I > > only see at the conferences, and talk about crazy fun projects > that everyone > > is working on. I get to hear about how they are using > technology in ways I > > haven't thought of, and I get exposed to tons of new things... > It's like > > the vacation thing, except the polar opposite. You take a trip > away from > > home and totally immerse yourself in the technology for a few > days. Charges > > me right back up, and I come back with a head chock full of new > ideas and > > plans. > > > > Other than that I also agree with what others have said about > hobbies and > > such. Though I have yet to really stick to one. > > > > Ok, I really didn't mean for this to be such a long > guts-spilling post, but > > I feel better now... Perhaps we need a cf support group for recovering > > burnouts? hehe... > > > > -Cameron > > > > ----------------- > > Cameron Childress > > Sumo Consulting Inc. > > --- > > cell: 678-637-5072 > > aim: cameroncf > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 1:01 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Burnout > > > > > > > > > I need help guys... > > > > > > Currently I would definitely describe myself as burnt out. It's been > > > a gradual process, but I'm definitely there. I don't have the burning > > > desire to immerse myself anymore like I used to because there was so > > > much to learn. > > > There are a few different reasons, that I imagine are pretty common > > > reasons for burnout. Learning experiences are few and far between, and > > > lack of confidence in management (not the business side, but the > > > project management.) All the standard reasons for burnout I guess. > > > > > > Anyway, any tips on combating burnout? > > > > > > -- > > > jon > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
