I took 6 MONTHS OFF WORK and it CHANGED MY LIFE
KaroCodes
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March 5, 2023
KaroCodes
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▽△▽△ Perpetually perplexed, displacing vertices for a living ▽△▽△ ○ Senior Graphics Engineer at Canva ○
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A story of a Software Engineer dealing with burnout, depression and unhealthy coping mechanisms, and how a half a year break from work changed everything. 📗 Chapters 📗 00:00 Intro 01:03 A little bit of a background story (my old cringe blog included) 03:18 I broke down in front of my manager 🥲 06:31 All the (not) stupid stuff I did during my break 09:41 Coming back to work (but with changes) 10:15 My learnings and advice (for me and you) 💙 Why I QUIT my role as a Software Engineering Manager? https://youtu.be/og_N0vWVsd0 💙 Keep up with me on 💜 Instagram http://instagram.com/KaroCodes 🖤 GitHub https://github.com/KaroCodes All opinions presented on my channel are my own and not the views of my employer Canva.
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