May 1, 2024, 5:52 p.m. | Chris Nowicki

DEV Community dev.to

I recently got back from a 10 day vacation with my wife and family. It was a much needed break from the daily grind of work, coding, and life in general. I removed social media, discord, and slack from my phone and focused on quality time with the family and recovering

from burnout.


I wanted to take some time to reflect on my journey into tech, the burnout I experienced, and how I'm recovering from it. I hope that by …

back breaking burnout coding daily discord family general life media phone quality reality slack social social media tech vacation webdev wife work

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