This is a first for me. I’ve got some personal projects I want to work on, and I really enjoy programming. Normally first thing in the morning I’ll spend an hour waking up, drinking coffee, and writing some code.
I’m a professional software developer, and software development is a passion and hobby. But I felt like I needed a bit of a reset so I’ve made an effort to not write any code at all during the Christmas/New Years holidays (about 3 weeks).
Honestly I don’t feel like I’ve missed out, but I’m definitely looking forward to getting back into it and I think I’ll benefit from it. Ill be back at it again next week.
I know 3 weeks isn’t a huge amount of time in the grand scheme of things. Have you found yourself taking a complete break from coding? How did you find things when you had to start up again? Felt like it benefitted you or ended up losing the trail a bit?
Can’t speak for your situation, but I honestly think it’s because of burnout. No one I know in the coding industry is doing well right now… everyone is burnt out as fuck, stessed and overworked as hell.
It was so bad for me that it worsened my disabilities in October and I’ve not gotten back to work since. Though tbf, I have been working in my FOSS project. Making that a part of my portfolio so I can move on to employment rather than bargain basement freelancing that’s killing me.