What you need to know about burnout in open source communities | Linux Today

What you need to know about burnout in open source communities

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 15, 2019

Earlier this year, I was burned out. Coincidentally, at the time, I was also researching the subject of burnout. It’s taken some time for me to take what I researched and experienced and put it into words.

Recently, the International Classification of Diseases classified burnout as an occupational phenomenon. It defines burnout as a “syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.”

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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