Designing Your Work Life

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1. mgrundNov 2022
   Been through burnout myself (still recovering, takes a long time).

   Look for things that bring you joy (and don’t get carried away). If your body says no, it’s probably not a good fit for you right now.

   Being in tech likely means you have skills that are valuable in a lot of jobs that can make you a (possibly smaller) salary. Now is a good time to try out something different. I recommend the book Designing Your Work Life with Bill Burnett.

   You can also check out my book with advice based on how I moved on: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDM4JXNR

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2. samh748Apr 2022
   A great great book that helped me with this: Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans (https://designingyour.life/the-book/).

   I first got exposed to it during a career navigation workshop that showed us this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SemHh0n19LA&ab_channel=TEDxT...

   They also published a follow-up called Designing Your Work Life but I haven't read that one.

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3. kleinschApr 2022
   I just read both of these.

   Designing your life is aimed at people deciding what to do with their life, based off the work they did helping college students decide what to do after graduation. If you’re already in a field and enjoy it, or have a family and can’t handle the pay cut from a career reset, it may not be super relevant for you.

   Designing your work life is more focused on helping create a career that fits with your life goals, working inside constraints you may have (want/need to stay at your company, in your field, etc). If you generally know what field you want to work in, it’s helping dial in specifically what kind of job you want and how you approach it.

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