By Shwetabh Mittal, Senior Director, Product Management This article was originally published in Campus Tech, January 2021. When the pandemic led to the initial shutdown of university campuses in early February, Duke Kunshan University in Kunshan, China, was among the first to move all its courses to an online format. By April, at the height […]
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Life in the pandemic is exhausting, but there is hope for calmer times
The pressure of the pandemic risks building to burnout, but news that vaccines help stop people catching and spreading the coronavirus offers hope of release Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933203-200-life-in-the-pandemic-is-exhausting-but-there-is-hope-for-calmer-times/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Pandemic burnout: Do you have it and what can you do about it?
As the coronavirus crisis goes on, an increasing number of us are feeling worn out and unable to cope. Here’s how you can you tell if this is burnout, and what you can do to protect yourself Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933202-400-pandemic-burnout-do-you-have-it-and-what-can-you-do-about-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Parental burnout is on the rise, says psychologist Moira Mikolajczak
Stress levels of burned-out parents can be higher than those of people in extreme pain, according to research by Moira Mikolajczak. She tells New Scientist why the pandemic has brought new urgency to her work Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933180-700-parental-burnout-is-on-the-rise-says-psychologist-moira-mikolajczak/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
EU Pushes for ‘Right To Disconnect’ From Work at Home
An anonymous reader shares a report: The coronavirus pandemic has not only upended social life across Europe but dramatically changed the way people work. With ever more people working from home — roughly a third of all employees within the bloc according to the Associated Press (AP) — and needing to be constantly reachable, the boundaries between work and private life…
Psychology Today: How Programmers Can Avoid Burnout
An anonymous reader quotes Psychology Today:
While software development jobs sound great right out of the gate, technology roles don’t always offer a great career path. The entry-level salary is fantastic, and the job is fun. But five years on, the average developer reaches a senior role, and there aren’t many more rungs on the technology career ladder. An article from 1998…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Permanently Working From Home Can Be Damaging For Mental Health
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns that making remote work permanent could have serious consequences for workers’ social interaction and mental health. Times of India reports: Nadella said that an all-remote setup would be “replacing one dogma with another dogma.” “What does burnout look like? What does mental health look like? What does that connectivity and the community building look like? One…
Do Working-From-Home Developers Risk Burning Out?
“Software developers, like everyone else, have had to transition to a work-from-home world,” writes InfoWorld.
For the users of GitHub, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant changes in work cadence and collaboration, along with an increased risk of burnout, a GitHub study of usage patterns on the Microsoft-owned code sharing site has found.” In an “Octoverse spotlight” analysis published May 6, 2020, GitHub…
Average Tenure of a CISO is Just 26 Months Due To High Stress and Burnout
Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs, or CSOs) across the industry are reporting high levels of stress. From a report: Many say the heightened stress levels has led to mental and physical health issues, relationship problems, medication and alcohol abuse, and in some cases, an eventual burnout, resulting in an average 26-month tenure before CISOs find new employment. The numbers, reported by…