Da Roof Is on Fire: A Burnout Story
summary
A technical compliance team lead from Evolution examines workplace burnout in game development, identifying the small, cumulative factors that lead to exhaustion. The talk outlines how people end up burned out and discusses practical steps for recognizing and getting off that ‘burnout bicycle.’
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:53What is burnout
- 7:27Workplace causes
- 15:23Non-work factors
- 20:26Recognizing burnout
- 30:16Recovering from burnout
- 34:15Fire brigade workday
- 41:50Solving big problems
- 49:18Outside-work recovery
- 57:05Recovery path
- 1:00:01Q&A
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