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bradenb | 4 years ago

In my experience, the right answer totally depends on your employment situation and your relationship with your boss and team. I think the safest answer is to try and mix things up for yourself (try a new IDE, a new stack, a new OS, etc) without telling your team. For me--and I think maybe this is ideal for most--you would have a good working relationship with your boss and you could use them to help you find a way out of the rut. Maybe that means transitioning to a new team, new project, or something else.

In the past when I've experienced burnout, I didn't get over it by powering through it. Taking time off without filling the void with something meaningful also wasn't the answer for me. I wanted to work and to stay busy, but I needed to find a problem that I could latch on to and be truly interested in. Since I enjoy learning, trying new patterns and new tools was usually enough for me. There was one past episode of burnout where I simply had to find a new company because nothing that company did was exciting to me anymore.

Good luck.

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