Feeling burnt out, only a year and a half in

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Felt that way when I was an A - it does pass once you get all the way up the learning curve. My favorite piece of advice on this is that you should take the chance to experiment with the quality bar - really helps if you can find ways to shortcut the work and still do good work

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You’ll probably realize later this is the low point of an ongoing cycle and you will get to the high point which will make you forget about the low for a while until it hits you again

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It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

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Also all the sympathy this is a hard job

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D1 exactly. I usually make it thru the low cycle and forget about it on the high. Then curse myself at the next low. Maybe it’s like forgetting about the pain of childbirth and doing it again. And agree w P1 - do not let perfect be the enemy of good (or great).

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Started as an AC and it was tough but it gets better every year (so far) as you move up the learning curve. Also talk to staffing and try to get a good case with some work/life balance

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I think we often over estimate how much people are aware of how hard we work and how much effort the output took. I suspect if you tone down the hours and let go of the lowest value stuff (trick is knowing what that is) no one notices and you keep both your image and your sleep. I am reputed to be insanely hard working despite averaging less than 50 hours a week and it’s all about knowing what matters and when to be on vs when you can just chill

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Completely agree on experimenting with the quality bar. Explicitly pick something that you are going to half ass. Many times you don’t realize that your manager is not expecting you to spend as much time on something as you are

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AC or Consultant?

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Feel ya too :’(
Only one year in

Similar situation here too, also AC 1.5 years in

Same here man. BA and already burnt

Are you opposed to leaving before SAC year? Why not look to opportunities that may be coming up in ~6 months?

B1, I think there’s a ton left to learn, which is why I’d like to stay for SAC year. Not sure what I’d be qualified to do in industry at this tenure - seems odd to jump two years out when everything is objectively good except for the hours.

D1 and P1, how do you manage expectations for yourself (and others’ expectations of you) when so much of your identity is tied up in doing good work? I think part of my struggle is that teams know what my pace/bar are, so anything slower/less “perfect” than that is obvious to them, and I’m also not sure how to hold myself to a different bar while maintaining my own sustainability. I’m not sure how else to be more 80/20. Is there a conscious step change that I should consider, rather than hoping that experience will give me the answer?

This job isn’t for everyone. It’s not an indictment on you as a person.

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